Surrounded by data but starved for insights was how one speaker during a social media webinar I attended last week characterized today’s business environment. My reaction was well, that depends on what market you’re in. Take sports, long a statistical stronghold beloved by coaches armed with long lists of numbers (think: Billy Beane immortalized in the baseball film Moneyball), and video replays.
Rigorous analyses of historical performance and other factors may still have its place, but....