Concern in the business world and quantitative analysis of predictability does not get us very far, he maintains. For example, none of the economic forecasting organizations have predicted that the economy will shrink in 2008, not to mention that it would crater as disastrously as it was. Our complex world as a living racing, he said. The more we tug on the reins to control it, the more it resists to prove a point: it is not a machine that meets the method statement suggests that it will rather be our world greatly complicated, ambiguous system of systems, can not be a comprehensive quantitative assessment . This environment requires a less well-known forms of analysis - one that pays attention to quality (ie, important aspects of the problem, which can not be measured), and not just quantity. The author argues that if we are faced with the complexities of today, we need to create high-quality intelligence. "Hide
by Roger Martin Source: Rotman School of Management, 4 pages. Publication Date: 01 May 2010. Prod. #: ROT105-PDF-ENG
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