Stephen Redwood shares a company post from the series Questions Clients Ask Me. This post explains how data informs organization design. As access to tools that provide rich data about organizations proliferates, companies have a growing abundance available to inform their projects. Organization design projects require both quantitative and qualitative information, but “how much is needed?” and “to what end?” are questions I am increasingly asked. Do we need data and, if so, what types and how much do we…

Matt Ahlers asks the above pertinent question and stresses the importance of asking it before taking action.  Is it “Yes” or “Mostly Yes”? One way to tell is if you hesitate to re-validate all of your information before taking a leap or if you fail to act based on data presented. At best, this slows down decision making and at worst, it completely negates the value of collecting, storing, and organizing data in the first place. ​The importance of trusting…

  Christophe De Greift provides a post designed to help you get it right with these five tips for a more data-driven 2021. 2020 accelerated several trends and one of them is the need to be ‘data-driven’ in decision making. From vaccine testing to last-mile logistics in e-commerce, data analytics is part of the path to making the right decision and generating value. Having collaborated and talked with dozens of Peruvian companies this year on their greatest analytical challenges, I…

  When building a bicycle for his daughter, Azim Nagree was reminded of the importance of two key components of best practices: process and documentation. Last week, my daughter turned 4 and I found myself, late at night, trying to build her new birthday bike. The task would have been made easier if the instructions were decent, but unfortunately, they were written poorly so I ended up just trying to figure it out myself. What should have been a one…

  Tobias Baer explains why the lack of randomized testing hampers businesses and raises the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The lack of randomized testing again and again hampers businesses because it means executives need to make decisions half blind – and Covid-19 is no different, only that in the case of Covid-19, the cost of not doing randomized testing literally might run into the trillions of dollars. Randomized testing is nothing new – and widely considered best practice in…