Do most people at your org make business decisions based on gut/intuition or based on data?
Gut/intuition36%
Data60%
Not sure3%
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Gut/intuition36%
Data60%
Not sure3%
Synthetic Data 27%
Federated Learning 46%
Privacy-Preserving Analytics 38%
Real-Time Data Mesh25%
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Yes, one 15%
Yes, more than one42%
No D&A roles with AI in the title35%
Only new D&A roles with AI in the title7%
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It is either data or an illusion of it (low quality data/reports which involves intuition as well)