The Right Way to Make Data-Driven Decisi...

For the last two years, HBR On Strategy has been a collection of the best conversations and case studies with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock new ways of doing business. But the time has come for HBR On Strategy to hit pause on new episodes. We ... Show More

The rapid pace of technological change is making a big impact on hiring. Some organizations are dynamically securing freelance workers through platform apps like Upwork and Freelancer. Other companies are investing heavily in work enabled by artificial intelligence. John Winsor a ... Show More

Most businesses are built on a linear model: take, make, and discard. But that norm is reaching its limits, and leaders are under pressure to find smarter, more sustainable ways to operate. Weslynne Ashton is a systems scientist and professor at the Illinois Institute of Technolo ... Show More

We live in an age where we have more data than ever. But most leaders have two strong reactions to new data. Either they rely too heavily on studies or information to make decisions. Or they dismiss outright data that could be very relevant. The better way is learning how to inte ... Show More

<p>Project leaders make decisions on a nearly non-stop basis. But they also have access to a wealth of information that can help them make the right call. We discuss this with:<br/><br/>Reuben Oshomah, PMP, regional director, West Africa, Avanti Communications, Lagos: He talks th ... Show More

Data-Driven vs. Emotion-Driven Business Decisions: Striking the BalanceEmpower Your Business: Leveraging Data for Informed Decision-MakingAre your business choices guided by intuition or data-backed insights? Are you assisting your clients in making choices driven by emotions or ... Show More

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every business likes to claim that it is "data-driven" or at least "data-informed," but too often, that's not the way things actually work. Data is relegated to an IT function, siloed and, in some cases, boils down to simply producing more repor ... Show More

<p>In today&apos;s data-driven landscape, organizations often find themselves drowning in a sea of data, yet struggling to glean actionable insights from it. Many companies are eager to label themselves as data-centric, but the reality is that not everyone is equally adept at int ... Show More

Making business decisions often means choosing one path over another—but that doesn’t always need to be the case. Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis argue that leaders should move beyond “either/or” choices and try to come up with solutions that embrace ambiguity and paradox. In this ... Show More

Information brings us food for thought. It grounds a lot of our discussions, and perhaps, most importantly, it gives our work direction and purpose. This is why on this podcast, we bring you expert guests and start every episode with a little bit of data! A recent survey by Deloi ... Show More

Many people believe that leaders instinctively make the best decisions based on past experience, almost like muscle memory. But Carol Kauffman, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the founder of the Institute of Coaching, challenges this view. She explains why falli ... Show More

Entrepreneurs make a mistake: They often think of decisions as binary, where one answer is definitely right and the other is definitely wrong. Astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter says there's a better way to approach decisions — and it's with "probabilistic thinking," a concept that's ... Show More

<p>How much data do you <em>really</em> need to make good decisions? In this episode of <em>The REWORK Podcast</em>, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson talk about 37signals’ evolving relationship with analytics—from working with a full-time analyst to now focusing only on t ... Show More