From the course: Decision Intelligence

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Upgrade 2: Better questions

Upgrade 2: Better questions

From the course: Decision Intelligence

Upgrade 2: Better questions

- Where do good questions come from? I want you to imagine that you're in a dark, silent room. You can't feel or smell or sense anything at all. What is there to do here? No idea. What next? Pick at random. How would you know what questions are worth asking? Now imagine there's a window. You could ignore it and meditate to frame your decision or you could go get some inspiration by taking a look to see what you're dealing with. What's analytics? Taking a look at information. It's by being informed that you figure out what your options are, what assumptions are reasonable and what questions are worth asking in the first place. So analytics is how you get inspired to ask better questions. Decision makers, think of your analyst as a new sensory organ that you've just evolved, a new kind of eye that allows you to perceive information that you would otherwise have been blind to. The ability to look outside that window,…

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