The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Dan McKone It’s become an ...

In my 20 years of experience, I've seen how data centralization and visualization can support strategic decision making by making complex data from multiple sources clear and easy to interpret. This ...

For as long as humanity has conducted business, we’ve used data to make better decisions. Farmers observed which crops flourished in which seasons and planted accordingly. Vendors saw which products ...

The ability to make informed decisions quickly is a competitive advantage for businesses, and being able to analyze data can give companies an upper hand. As businesses strive to optimize marketing ...

Utilizing market research to inform decision-making begins with clearly identifying the objective: What specific goal am I looking to achieve? The scope and nature of the decision to be made will ...

Companies spend lots of time trying to figure out who is engaged with their work, which managers are the most effective leaders, and how to keep good employees from leaving. Historically, those ...

In today's data-driven world, businesses depend on the ability to transform raw data into meaningful insights. Business analytics is the process that enables organizations to make informed decisions, ...

Big data has been transforming companies and entire industries worldwide for well over a decade but money continues to pour into the field as enterprises become ever more data driven. Indeed, figures ...

Analytics have revolutionized many sports, and basketball is no exception. In the NBA, data-driven strategies are shaping everything from roster construction to game-time decisions. This article ...

Having the tools in place to make sense of your shipping data isn't just useful-it's necessary. Data powers strategic decision-making, and businesses gain a significant competitive edge when they turn ...

Scott Servais is aware of a perception about his managerial style. “Everybody thinks, ‘Oh, he’s just a numbers guy; he always makes decisions by the numbers,’” he said. In his ninth season as the ...