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Data-Driven Decision Making Training: A Sport-Based Programme from Gut Feeling to Data

Training in which participants decide on data they generate themselves — and see the outcome of a gut-feel decision and a data-driven one side by side on the same field.

Our data-driven decision making training helps teams choose which data to look at, read it and decide while weighing risk. It is not a software or statistics course: participants generate their own data in short skill and accuracy tests, decide on that data and compare the outcome with intuitive decisions. It runs with one facilitator and up to 30 people in a meeting room for 3–4 hours.

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Our data-driven decision making training helps teams choose which data to look at, read it and decide while weighing risk. It is not a software or statistics course: participants generate their own data in short skill and accuracy tests, decide on that data and compare the outcome with intuitive decisions. It runs with one facilitator and up to 30 people in a meeting room for 3–4 hours.

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What does data-driven decision making training change?

Short answer: Many organisations have data, yet decisions are still made on the most senior person’s instinct. Data-driven decision making training turns asking the right question, choosing the data that answers it, weighing risk and probability and measuring the outcome afterwards into a team habit.

Why their own data?

Exercises on a ready-made spreadsheet feel distant. In this programme the data comes from participants’ own performance, so they see first-hand how data is collected and why it can mislead. When a team built on instinct meets a team built on data on the same field, the difference needs no debate.

What do participants start doing differently?

  • They ask “what data would change this decision?” before deciding.
  • They think in expected value when choosing between a risky and a safe option.
  • They notice how small samples and a single success can mislead.
  • They set an indicator up front to measure the result of a decision.

Who is it for?

Leadership teams, sales and marketing, finance and investment, HR and recruitment, operations managers. It can be combined with our problem solving and decision making programme for uncertainty-heavy needs, or our strategic thinking and planning training for a strategic view.

Programme outcomes

01 Inclusion

The right question

Clarifying which question must be answered before deciding.

02 Inclusion

Choosing data

Separating the data that really affects the decision from the noise.

03 Inclusion

Risk and probability

Weighing expected value between a risky and a safe option.

04 Inclusion

Spotting biases

Seeing how small samples, a single success and confirmation bias skew decisions.

05 Inclusion

Measuring the result

Setting a success indicator for every decision up front.

06 Inclusion

Action plan

A concrete plan for the team’s first data-driven decisions in its own work.

Programmes for this competency

Each programme runs with one facilitator and a group of up to 30 in a meeting room, in 3–4 hours. The running order and materials are shared at proposal stage and adapted to your organisation.

Flagship programme Racing simulator

Pit Wall: Strategy on a Racing Simulator

Teams run a racing team on a fixed budget: they plan, read the data and rebuild the plan when the unexpected happens.

Strategic thinking Resource management and efficiency Planning and prioritisation Data-driven decision making Team coordination and role clarity Crisis management
Details
Darts

Darts: Risk and Expected Value

Choosing between the risky and the safe option on your own data rather than gut feeling.

Data-driven decision making Risk management
Golf

Golf: Course Management

Reaching the target in the fewest moves; balancing risk and reward.

Risk management Resource management and efficiency
Boxing

Boxing: Guard First

The balance between defence and attack — for risk and crisis teams.

Risk management Crisis management
Skill tests

Moneyball: Build a Squad on Data

Puts a gut-feel decision and a data-driven one side by side on the same field.

Data-driven decision making Resource management and efficiency Strategic thinking
Refereeing

The Referee’s Room: Fair Decisions

Making a contested call, explaining it and handling the appeal.

Conflict management Data-driven decision making
Match analysis

Competitor Analysis: The Scouting Report

Analysing a competitor the way a coach does — for sales and marketing.

Competitive strategy Data-driven decision making

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Measurement: what did the training change?

A short self-assessment on the chosen competencies is taken at the start and end of the programme. Team-level results are handed to HR in the closing report.

Prioritisation
Adapting to plan changes
Use of resources
Team coordination
BeforeAfter
Sample report view — not real client data.

Request the programme catalogue

We will send the catalogue — outcomes, suitable groups and a sample measurement report — to your corporate email address.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a software or statistics course?
No. It is training in decision habits; it does not teach Excel, BI tools or statistics. It aims to change how participants decide with data.
Do participants need an analytical background?
No. The data comes from participants’ own short skill tests and is used in a way everyone can follow.
How long is it and for how many people?
A single programme takes 3–4 hours in a meeting room; the standard group is one facilitator and up to 30 people. The data and decisions day package can run as a full day.
Can we work with our own company data?
The close-out can be adapted to a real decision topic in your organisation. You do not need to share confidential data; the work focuses on the type of data and the decision process.
How is the impact measured?
A short self-assessment on decision habits is taken at the start and end; team-level results are reported to HR.
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