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Does Your Organization Make Good Decisions?

In our current age of information, analytics are often popularized as the sole way to make smart decisions. However, human wisdom and expertise are still imperative to making sound decisions. Babson Professor Thomas Davenport‘s newest c0-authored book, Judgement Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right, introduces a model about organizational judgement emphasizing the need for a collective approach. The book uses examples from companies, non-profits, and even civilizations  to show how teams have collaborated to approach successful decision making.