If I want to improve my (or my company's) ability to make decisions, I need to know how the decisions are made, including knowledge about what is valued. Let's

If I want to improve my (or my company's) ability to make decisions, I need to know how the decisions are made, including knowledge about what is valued. Let's say I'm playing a game of poker. I know what my hand is, but nobody else's. You are telling me that I am advantaged simply by knowing the odds associated with my hand. Great. Except my opponent across the table can see everyone's hand. And they are telling me I should go all in. That's why anonymous info isn't good enough: it's only anonymous to the losers.