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Why dialogue is more important than data

Name: Why dialogue is more important than data
Uploaded: 2023-01-12T02:00:06+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, Shanli Liu argues that dialogue—especially healthy debate—outperforms raw data when it comes to making good business decisions. She…

12 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Shanli Liu argues that dialogue—especially healthy debate—outperforms raw data when it comes to making good business decisions. She claims dialogue is six times more effective because data can be skewed, mis‑interpreted, and filtered through personal biases. By contrast, dialogue forces participants to challenge each other's assumptions, explore multiple solution paths, and converge on a consensus that reflects a broader range of perspectives. Liu emphasizes that many decisions must be made with limited or incomplete data, and the best remedy is to broaden the conversation: involve frontline staff, customers, and any relevant stakeholders to surface insights that data alone cannot provide. The overall message is a call to prioritize inclusive, critical discussion over an over‑reliance on quantitative evidence.

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Here's why dialogue is actually more important than data in making decisions. Dialogue alone is 6 times more effective than data in terms of making good decisions. The reason for that is data can be skewed, interpreted however we want it to be, and everyone projects their own biases onto the data anyways. But dialogue, which is really healthy debate, is going to lead to a better decision because what it does is typically people are challenging each other, beating up the different ways that we can solve the problem, and then creating a new solution to that problem that that is something that everybody agrees upon. Most people say, I need to see the data, give me the data. A lot of times in business, we have to make decisions with limited data. And so the best thing that you can do if you don't have the data is have more dialogue. Bring in people from the frontline, bring in your customers, bring in as many people as you can to get their perspective on the decision, and you will make a better one.