In this post I discuss how Decision Intelligence differs from the current best practices in decision support epitomized by Business Intelligence solutions. My particular focus will be on why the typical “data-to-dashboard” Business Intelligence...
In my last post I looked at the problems in getting the data to support evidence-based decision making. We get that data through decision modeling, so here I’ll begin a deep dive into Decision...
Most conversations between decision makers and data professionals begin back-to-front If you’re a decision maker who wants to make the best use of data and other information resources, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to...
A lot of organizations are facing new mandates to be more “evidence-based” or “data-driven”. Part of the reason is that there’s a lot more data available than ever before, so why not use it?...
Is your use of data equipping your organization to be a comfy sedan or a Formula 1™ race car? Data. Whatever you may or may not know about it, it’s a safe bet that...
Forbes reports that “most AI projects fail”; Techrepublic puts the number at 85%. How do we reconcile this reality with claims of AI as representing an “existential threat” such as those from Elon Musk...
In artificial intelligence, machine learning, decision intelligence, statistics, and science, we use the word “decision” to mean a lot of things. Let’s tease out some distinctions: Decision Type Name Question answered Primary information Source...
Conquering the most important problems faced by complex organizations often requires great models, not “big data”: in many situations, better decisions can be made with imperfect or incomplete data. As storage and processing costs...
Organizations like the Millennium Project, certain government agencies, companies from the smallest to large transnationals, and the United Nations have recognized that, in a complex world, the risk of decisions that lead to unintended...
One of the first questions that occurred to me during my summer internship this year was “what is Decision Intelligence”? And is it really so different than AI? As part of my blog series,...
