Fouad BenyoubFounder and CEO, Otin.ai · Intelligence to Decisions | 3x Founder & Author, Speaker

Most business decisions are broken #substack #shorts

Name: Most business decisions are broken #substack #shorts
Uploaded: 2025-12-01T17:48:15+00:00
Duration: 53 s
Channel: Fouad Benyoub
Description: In this YouTube short, speaker Fouad Benyoub critiques the prevailing state of corporate decision‑making, describing it as slow, biased, and largely…

1 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, speaker Fouad Benyoub critiques the prevailing state of corporate decision‑making, describing it as slow, biased, and largely based on gut feelings. He illustrates the problem with a common meeting scenario where “data‑informed” is used as a veneer for justifying pre‑existing instincts. Benyoub then quantifies the impact, citing a McKinsey study that estimates inefficient decision‑making costs the average Fortune 500 company more than $250 million each year. The monologue ends by proposing the need for a systematic, engineered approach to make business choices smarter, faster, and more rational.

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Let's be honest, most business decisions are kind of broken. They're slow, they're biased, and a lot of the time they're just guesswork. But what if there was a better way? What if there was a system for engineering smarter, faster, more rational choices? Well, that's exactly what we're going to dive into. I mean, we've all seen this cartoon play out in real life, haven't we? You're in that meeting, someone says, "We really need to be data informed here," but what they actually mean is, "Can someone please find me some numbers to justify the gut feeling I already have?" Yeah, it's not just a joke; it's a daily reality in thousands of companies. And that reality? It has a staggering price tag. According to McKinsey, just inefficient decision-making alone costs the average Fortune 500 company over $250 million. Every. Single. Year. We're not talking about a rounding error; this is a massive drain on resources and potential.