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Data-Driven

Data-driven means making decisions from measurements instead of gut feel, which is a genuinely good goal. In practice the phrase often describes a chart nobody opens, or numbers gathered after the decision to make it sound justified. Data only counts as driving anything if it can change what you do.

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