The other way that being a numbers guy lets managers be lazy is that they will tell their data scientists to “do an analysis” so they can say that their product

The other way that being a numbers guy lets managers be lazy is that they will tell their data scientists to “do an analysis” so they can say that their product decisions are empirical and data driven rather than relying on any obvious design/product sense. If they can point to a number from a really poorly/quickly done ad hoc study, they’ll never worry about being told they made the wrong decision