Would you make a large decision – like purchasing a home, a boat or a car – without all of the necessary information? Big decisions, especially those involving a large budget, require you to have adequate data to ensure that the choice you’re making is the right one. 

When you’re an executive or manager at a company, you frequently have to make big decisions that will affect your entire team or department and ultimately, the entire enterprise. Hence, it’s vital to have the necessary data to make important business choices. Today’s technologies – such as artificial intelligence, business process automation, robotic process automation (RPA) and other automated tools – are creating a data-driven decision-making revolution.

Research group IDC predicts that the volume of data in the world will grow to 163 zettabytes by 2025 – 10 times the amount in 2016. More information is essential if you’re a manager because it allows you to make more informed decisions. But how can you filter through the influx of information to find what is useful for making those decisions? Read more: