[layer8]

A data-driven approach can optimize for the wrong thing, usually because of statistical fallacies or because it is disregarding context. In that case, gut instinct may yield more desirable results. Telemetry also isn’t a replacement for end-user field studies.

[bolognafairy]

If you let the perfect be the enemy of the good like this then I can’t imagine that you ever have or ever will be in charge of, well, anything.

[tomnipotent]

> A data-driven approach can optimize for the wrong thing

So does firing from the hip, so what? And I'd wager firing from the hip has a higher failure rate. At least by using data I have an actual argument for my position, other than "but muh feelings!" My CEO doesn't give two shits about how I "felt" the project would go, and I can't imagine how poorly that discussion will go when we meet to review what happened.

At the end of the day the companies that are succeeding and growing are using data to inform their decisions.

[lucianbr]

> the companies that are succeeding and growing are using data

Is there data to support this conclusion, or is it just your feelings?

[tomnipotent]

Have you ever read a quarterly 10-Q/K? Flipped through a board deck? We even routinely make fun of MBA culture because of this stuff. This is just the finance side of things.