The Future of Decision Making

Let's face it. We're simply not getting the adoption we need with analytic applications. It really doesn't matter which survey you choose, BI is in the hands of less than 10% of the organisation. What's more shocking is that as much as 40% of major decisions are being made without reference to the very systems that were built for making those decisions  source: Accenture, Competing Through Analytics)

Social Business Meets Analytics

It's certainly not all bad news. Analytic applications are making a difference. They are adding value by informing and by casting the light of hard data into dark and complex decisions. The issue is not really with Business Intelligence as such. In fact the way we work is changing and changing dramatically and Business Intelligence hasn't kept up. Business tools referred to as Social Business platforms, whilst new, are driving much of this change. The good news? Social business platforms can integrate with Business Intelligence in what Gartner call Collaborative Decision Making platforms. The better news? IBM are at the forefront with the integration of Connections and Cognos BI.

Social Business? Isn't that an Oxymoron?

Think about this for a moment. A manager. Any manager, essentially does three things.

1. Plans

2. Monitors

3. Get thing's done

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Tools support the first management activity and Business Intelligence the second. But in terms of getting things done there is nothing. Particularly if you consider that managers, by definition, get things done through others. Getting things done through others requires social interaction in the form of conversations, telephone calls, emails. These social interactions are less about social and everything about business execution.

Artesian Collaborate on Collaboration

Artesian and Digirati, an IBM Social Business Parner, have joined forces. The Artesian Digirati Collaboration is an industry first-of-a kind partnership to deliver collaborative decision making for organisations..

Want to Know More?

We would be surprised if you didn't. You can always contact us directly but you might also want to;

Join us for a webinar The next one is scheduled for Thursday, September 1st at 10.0am UK Time.

Check out the blog for some more thoughts on this subject.

Check out digirati They are smart folk and know as much about social business as we know about Business Intelligence.

Check out IBM connections.

There is some real detail here on collaboration capabilities. You might need to read this stuff later.

What is Social BI? Read our whitepaper on Scribd. No need to register but if you like it, tweet about it.