tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10497342.post2991631411568113156..comments2024-03-19T03:24:01.896-04:00Comments on The Eponymous Pickle: Analytics vs Gut FeelingsFranz Dillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16209033148176538723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10497342.post-89110697793360012682009-01-22T12:16:00.000-05:002009-01-22T12:16:00.000-05:00Interesting question, they are human like the rest...Interesting question, they are human like the rest of us and blinders are often put on. What usually happens is that many inputs come to them and they make a decision based on all of them. <BR/><BR/>Analytics are almost always used to some degree in an important decsision, but my view is that often analytics is not suffciently weighted. In fact this weighting process itself, via methods like scenario analysis, is an important tool. <BR/><BR/>Note my additonal mention of the Blink book, this too has been thrown at me as a means of underweighting analytics!<BR/><BR/>'Right Brain', another topic that changes the playing field.Franz Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209033148176538723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10497342.post-19628252872082581432009-01-22T11:54:00.000-05:002009-01-22T11:54:00.000-05:00Thanks for the hat tip, Franz. I'll look forward t...Thanks for the hat tip, Franz. I'll look forward to reading the examples you mention here. <BR/><BR/>I also notice that the suvey reports on executive *perceptions* of how decisions are made. How accurate do you think their perceptions are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com