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Decision intelligence / by Pam Baker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: --For dummiesPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]Description: x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119824848
  • 1119824842
Other title:
  • Decision intelligence for dummies [Cover title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
Getting started with decision intelligence. Short takes on decision intelligence ; Mining data versus minding the answer ; Cryptic patterns and wild guesses ; The inverted V approach -- Reaching the best possible decision. Shaping a decision into a query ; Mapping a path forward ; Your DI toolbox -- Establishing reality checks. Taking a bow: goodbye, data scientists--hello, data strategists ; Trusting AI and tackling scary things ; Meddling data and mindful humans ; Decisions at scale ; Metrics and measures -- Proposing a new directive. The role of DI in the idea economy ; Seeing how decision intelligence changes industries and markets ; Trickle-down and streaming-up decisioning ; Career makers and deal-breakers -- The part of tens. Ten steps to setting up a smart decision ; Bias in, bias out (and other pitfalls).
Summary: "The availability of data and various forms of AI unlock countless possibilities for business decision makers. But what do you do when you feel pressured to cede your position in the decision-making process altogether? Decision Intelligence For Dummies pumps the brakes on the growing trend to take human beings out of the decision loop and walks you through the best way to make data-informed but human-driven decisions. The book shows you how to achieve maximum flexibility by using every available resource, and not just raw data, to make the most insightful decisions possible"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 658.403 B168 Available 33111010639157
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 658.403 B168 Available 33111010796122
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn to use, and not be used by, data to make more insightful decisions

The availability of data and various forms of AI unlock countless possibilities for business decision makers. But what do you do when you feel pressured to cede your position in the decision-making process altogether?

Decision Intelligence For Dummies pumps the brakes on the growing trend to take human beings out of the decision loop and walks you through the best way to make data-informed but human-driven decisions. The book shows you how to achieve maximum flexibility by using every available resource, and not just raw data, to make the most insightful decisions possible.

In this timely book, you'll learn to:

Make data a means to an end, rather than an end in itself, by expanding your decision-making inquiries Find a new path to solid decisions that includes, but isn't dominated, by quantitative data Measure the results of your new framework to prove its effectiveness and efficiency and expand it to a whole team or company

Perfect for business leaders in technology and finance, Decision Intelligence For Dummies is ideal for anyone who recognizes that data is not the only powerful tool in your decision-making toolbox. This book shows you how to be guided, and not ruled, by the data.

Includes index.

"The availability of data and various forms of AI unlock countless possibilities for business decision makers. But what do you do when you feel pressured to cede your position in the decision-making process altogether? Decision Intelligence For Dummies pumps the brakes on the growing trend to take human beings out of the decision loop and walks you through the best way to make data-informed but human-driven decisions. The book shows you how to achieve maximum flexibility by using every available resource, and not just raw data, to make the most insightful decisions possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Getting started with decision intelligence. Short takes on decision intelligence ; Mining data versus minding the answer ; Cryptic patterns and wild guesses ; The inverted V approach -- Reaching the best possible decision. Shaping a decision into a query ; Mapping a path forward ; Your DI toolbox -- Establishing reality checks. Taking a bow: goodbye, data scientists--hello, data strategists ; Trusting AI and tackling scary things ; Meddling data and mindful humans ; Decisions at scale ; Metrics and measures -- Proposing a new directive. The role of DI in the idea economy ; Seeing how decision intelligence changes industries and markets ; Trickle-down and streaming-up decisioning ; Career makers and deal-breakers -- The part of tens. Ten steps to setting up a smart decision ; Bias in, bias out (and other pitfalls).

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