Majority of Business Decision-Makers Say Human Insights Should Precede Analytics

Despite all the advances made by analytics, a majority 61% of US business decision-makers believe that human insights should precede hard analytics when making decisions, according to survey results [download page] from gyro and FORTUNE Knowledge Group. What’s more, a near-equal 62% say it’s often necessary to rely on “gut feelings” when making decisions, and that soft factors should be valued as highly as hard factors. The findings bring to mind a recent study in which 3 in 4 business leaders said they trust their own intuition when making decisions. (more…)