Information Superiority

Making decisions is a core skill that executives must have.  Information Superiority is a Department of Defense doctrine that and it is defined as “A relative state achieved when a competitive advantage is derived from the ability to exploit an ‘Information Advantage’”, and as “The ability to develop and use information while denying an adversary the same capability.”  Under DoD doctrine, an “Information Advantage” is achieved when one competitor outperforms its competitors in the information domain.

For the private sector, this doctrine can help companies facilitate executive decision-making by getting the right information, to the right executives, at the right time, which will help companies  increase revenues, reduce costs, optimize risk, mitigate brand damage, and reduce the cyber and industrial espionage risk that companies face.  The Lares Institute helps companies implement Information Superiority to aid executive decision-making, and the Lares Institute has published a number of papers and articles regarding Information Superiority.

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Information Superiority and Information Sharing–A Solution for the Public and Private Sector.  This post examines what Information Superiority is, it’s origins in the public sector, and how it can be implemented to help private sector companies achieve their goals.

Information Superiority–The CEO’s Path to Improved Decision-Making.  This post examines the critical role of Information Superiority for today’s CEOs and discusses how Big Data can be harnessed to executives’ advantage.  It also addresses why this critical issue is core to executive decision-making and why Information Superiority is a CEO-level concern.