This is the beginning of a three-part series that will cover how business decisions are made today in fields like marketing and sales; product development; and finally people. It’s important for leaders to understand these trends because our business world has been transformed by new technology and global competition. Leadership is more challenging than ever before. The key to success for companies of all sizes is not just having better processes or making smarter analyses – it’s about using data to obtain more insight into complex challenges, then leveraging insights from a blend of both quantitative and qualitative sources.

In this article, we’ll look at how decision-making is being by large amounts of data from social media and the Web:

5 Trends in Business Decision-Making: Fundability of Information (Part 1)

This is the first of a three-part series that will cover how business decisions are made today in fields like marketing and sales; product development; and finally people. It’s important for leaders to understand these trends because our business world has been transformed by new technology and global competition. Leadership is more challenging than ever before. The key to success for companies of all sizes is not just having better processes or making smarter analyses – it’s about using data to obtain more insight into complex challenges, then leveraging insights from a blend of both quantitative and qualitative sources.

In this article, we’ll look at how decision-making is being enhanced by large amounts of data from social media and the Web.

5 Trends in Business Decision-Making: Collaboration (Part 2)

This is the third of a three-part series that will cover how business decisions are made today in fields like marketing and sales; product development; and finally people. It’s important for leaders to understand these trends because our business world has been transformed by new technology and global competition. Leadership is more challenging than ever before. The key to success for companies of all sizes is not just having better processes or making smarter analyses – it’s about using data to obtain more insight into complex challenges, then leveraging insights from a blend of both quantitative and qualitative sources.

In this article, we’ll look at how the trend toward collaboration is impacting decision-making.

5 Trends in Business Decision-Making: Crowd sourcing (Part 3)

This is the last of a three-part series that will cover how business decisions are made today in fields like marketing and sales; product development; and finally people. It’s important for leaders to understand these trends because our business world has been transformed by new technology and global competition. Leadership is more challenging than ever before. The key to success for companies of all sizes is not just having better processes or making smarter analyses – it’s about using data to obtain more insight into complex challenges, then leveraging insights from a blend of both quantitative and qualitative sources.

In this article, we look at how crowd sourcing has changed decision-making.

5 Trends in Business Decision-Making: Creativity (Part 4)

This is the fourth of a four-part series that will cover how business decisions are made today in fields like marketing and sales; product development; people management; and finally, creativity. It’s important for leaders to understand these trends because our business world has been transformed by new technology and global competition. Leadership is more challenging than ever before. The key to success for companies of all sizes is not just having better processes or making smarter analyses – it’s about using data to obtain more insight into complex challenges, then leveraging insights from a blend of both quantitative and qualitative sources.

In this article, we look at creativity has evolved in general – which in turn has changed decision-making.

5 Trends in Business Decision-Making: Personalization (Part 5)

This is the fifth and final in a series of articles that examine how business decisions are made today. In this article, we look at personalization and its impact on decision-making. It’s important for leaders to understand these trends because our business world has been transformed by new technology and global competition. Leadership is more challenging than ever before. The key to success for companies of all sizes is not just having better processes or making smarter analyses – it’s about using data to obtain more insight into complex challenges, then leveraging insights from a blend of both quantitative and qualitative sources.

In this article, we look at how personalization has changed decision-making.

Conclusion:

Collaboration, crowd sourcing, creativity and personalization are four of the most important decision-making trends for leaders today. For companies to thrive in the digital age, they must learn how to use data more effectively – then put it into practice through collaboration, crowd sourcing, creativity and personalization.