How many times have you heard, ‘I have limited access to data so I had to make assumptions about what I thought happened and therefore made what I thought were reasonable conclusions, but there are potentially other explanations as well.’ – or something along those lines in an attempt to explain away a poor business decision. One thing that won’t change in 2010 is that making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level of an organisation. Well let’s make 2010 the year that we lose that excuse forever and start to adopt Business Intelligence as a way to make better decision, by more people, faster. Let’s make this new decade the one where Business Intelligence loses its stigma of clunky, unfriendly , complicated and make it a period of properly understanding your transactional history in your organisation so you can more professionally forecast and plan for the coming years based on a very clear picture of the financial footprint that you have left behind. It’s been always been there, but start 2010 with a new resolution to address this key priority – “I WILL USE BI MORE EFFECTIVELY TO MANAGE MY BUSINESS”

 

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Author: Gary Boddington (41 Articles)

Gary has a passion for Business Intelligence and for driving change in the BI industry believing that BI has gone mainstream and seeks to demystify BI industry jargon to provide real and affordable alternatives for simple yet powerful solutions to small and midsized businesses.

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