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Decision NoteDecisionMay 20, 20262 min read

Your data isn't the problem

One idea. One decision. Two minutes: why data was never the real strategic constraint.

By Ludivine Gustave Dit Duflo

Decision

The idea

Organizations are never limited by their data. They're limited by the quality of the decisions they make with that data.

Why it matters

Most data transformation programs start with the same promise: more data, better decisions. In practice, the opposite often happens, more data, more options, more hesitation.

What distinguishes organizations that decide fast and well isn't the volume of data they hold. It's the clarity of the framework they apply to decide.

The decision to make

Before investing further in data, ask your executive committee this question: "If we had this data tomorrow, would we know exactly how to use it to decide?"

If the answer is no, the problem isn't the data. It's the absence of a decision framework.