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How to Take On the Epidemic of Overconfidence at Your Company

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From time to time one of our clients asks me to sit in on a vendor presentation for some Business Intelligence software. At the end of these demos the salesperson usually summarizes the value of the system by saying some derivative of “it allows you to make more confident decisions.” That is exactly the opposite of what the sales pitch should be. You see, in the business world there is no confidence problem. Managers across all industries are usually way Read more