ESP and Business Analytics
The New York Times reports that a respected psychology journal is due to publish a paper purporting to show “strong evidence” for extra-sensory perception: “A software program randomly posted a picture behind one curtain or the other — but only after the participant made a choice. Still, the participants beat chance, by 53 percent to 50 percent, at least when the photos being posted were erotic ones. They did not do better than chance on... [Read More...]
Making Tough Decisions
There’s increasing agreement that business intelligence and performance management technology has to go further than “just” data, analysis, and planning, to helping with the intrinsically human process of making decisions. Today, most corporate decision-making happens in meetings and conference calls, with little support from technology. As a process, it functions, but most of us would be hard-pressed to call it optimized. in many ways, corporate... [Read More...]
The 5 Ingredients of Good Decision-Making
The Need for Informed Decisions The results of a survey analyzing the current status of corporate decision-making were announced today, called “In search of clarity: unraveling the complexities of executive decision-making” The survey of 154 global C-level executives, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by Business Objects, found that more than nine out of 10 corporate executives admit they are making... [Read More...]
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