Most leadership teams feel like they’re moving fast. A new dashboard rolls out. A data warehouse project starts. Someone pilots an AI copilot. The organization “goes digital.” But here’s the uncomfortable question:

Your analytics team is busy all the time—yet leaders still wait days for answers. The problem is not effort; it is where time is spent. The fix is not more tools—it is shifting work from low-value motion to high-value decisions.

Most business owners believe the breakthrough is somewhere else.A new hire, A new tool, A new AI initiative, A new dashboard. But there’s an old story that flips that thinking—and it’s a perfect picture of what is happening in business today.