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My theory is its data driven decision making. It's messed up the corporation to be purely metrics driven. Everyone hunts the metrics and misses the qualitative
by tlarkworthy 5y ago
My theory is its data driven decision making. It's messed up the corporation to be purely metrics driven. Everyone hunts the metrics and misses the qualitative reasons for anything. We distrust internal models now, and try to be purely empirical, which is a mistake. We are overly technology now, but the technology lacks nuance and long term reasoning.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoWhat irks me about data-driven decision making are two things: 1. Correctly reasoning from data is a very difficult task, needing advanced skills, requiring deep understanding of statistics. Most companies have nobody with such skill set on board. 2. It provides a fake air of legitimacy to otherwise arbitrary decisions. Whether by mistake (confirming your own biases with data) or on purpose, you can use data to justify whatever decision you already want to make, few people know enough statistics to call you on your bullshit.
- prox 5y agoI think you are right. The amount of people I know that even know the word “data driven” is surprisingly low. Maybe one, and that’s not even a specialist. Heck I don’t think I am one, although my analytic skills are usually why people hire me.
- danielmarkbruce 5y agoI've seen this too. It seems like it would be better to do "strategy driven decision making" and use data to help inform.