UK CEOs “ignoring IT data” when making big decisions
CEOs want to focus on data-driven decisions
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The majority of UK business leaders (86%) find themselves having to make decisions “faster than ever before,” but they’re overlooking key data, new research has claimed.
Data from Confluent, found despite increased pressure, more than half (57%) of high-level executives claim to have less time than they used to.
With nine in 10 agreeing that real-time decision-making has become imperative, around three in five (58%) admit to relying on intuition or gut feel rather than actual data.
C-suite decisions are often made on gut feel
Furthermore, three in five (61%) reported making frequent snap decisions without thoroughly reviewing data, with areas like people management (73%), expanding the workforce (56%), market expansion (53%), new products (52%), budgets and investments (45%) and new processes and technologies (42%) all highly affected.
Even though C-suite leaders are making uninformed decisions, many would prefer to rely on accurate data (84%) or have real-time data accessible to them (85%).
Consequentially, almost all (97%) of the leaders who participated in the ‘Quick Thinking’ survey plan to invest inreal-time dashboardsand data streaming technologies, with 96% saying this is ‘important’ or ‘essential.’
“Across the UK, businesses are having to choose between fast decisions and informed decisions," noted Richard Timperlake, SVP of EMEA at Confluent.
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“That shouldn’t be the case. Today’s leaders and CEOs need to know that they can access a full, accurate picture of their organisations in real-time. The move to data streaming is an essential part of that shift.”
“How data is processed and distributed is no longer just a technical or IT issue, it’s a business-wide decision that can impact everything from profitability to the customer experience.”
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