
To collect the right data, you must ask the right questions. When you ask the right questions, you will get the right data.
‘To best leverage analytics, first assess your organization’s analytics maturity.’
‘Effective influencing can help accelerate the execution of any initiative.’
‘Prioritization is a necessary process, which, when done democratically can foster innovation while keeping the organization focused on the big rocks.’
‘Data doesn’t speak; it responds.’
‘Coordination across groups can save on redundancy and create a harmonious organization in which teams build on each other’s success.’
‘If you are a business leader, define your measures of success, uncover drivers of those success metrics, and orient your entire team toward them.’
‘Don’t expect data to reveal insights; instead, ask the right questions to uncover the insights.’
‘If you are a business manager, ask the right questions of data and learn to do simple analytics.’
‘If you are an analytics leader, lay out an analytics agenda aligned to the success metrics and make data access easy across the organization.’
‘Cultivate and motivate your team; inspired team members will go beyond their mandate to deliver.’
‘Think big– what metric can you move with the resources you currently have?’
‘Make decisions based on data; you will consistently drive results if you do.’
Source
Piyanka Jain and Puneet Sharma (2015). Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight

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