From the course: Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Environment
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The addiction to hard data
From the course: Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Environment
The addiction to hard data
- Leaders today are drowning in data. We've got advanced software, sophisticated algorithms, and enormous databases that can help us collect and analyze information about well, pretty much anything. And while data is hugely valuable for leaders, it can have limitations. The main problem is it can become overwhelming, even addicting. And the only way to maintain the high of quantification euphoria is to collect more data. Do it faster and slice it differently. And then it becomes almost impossible to figure out what really matters and what doesn't. Further complicating the issue, we often don't feel the need to question hard data. We tend to trust the facts as we see them. That false sense of security may prevent us from searching for the real story behind the numbers and it could lead to poor decision making. In response to the hard data addiction, modern leaders are taking an unconventional approach. Here are two strategies they employ to dramatically improve their success. First…
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