One of the most important habits a leader can develop is this two-part question:
👉 “Show me the data… and what’s the story here?”
Most leaders ask one or the other.
Great leaders ask both — every single time.
Because I’ve seen it too many times in my career:
Brilliant, experienced senior leaders get pulled in the wrong direction because they trusted a narrative that wasn’t backed by fact.
Not because they were careless.
Not because they lacked intelligence.
But because stories are compelling.
Stories feel true.
Stories appeal to emotion, urgency, and pressure.
But here’s the truth people avoid saying:
**Facts are the currency of business.
And just like cash is king…
data is king.**
Without data, decisions become reactive.
Without data, leaders chase symptoms instead of causes.
Without data, storytelling becomes speculation — and speculation gets expensive.
When you combine data + story, everything changes:
**Data tells you what happened.
The story tells you why.**
You need both to lead well.
Because data without a story lacks context.
And a story without data lacks truth.
I’ve watched organizations lose money, lose time, and lose trust because decisions were made on:
- assumptions
- “gut feelings”
- pressure from above
- unverified updates
- or the loudest voice in the room
Strong leadership rejects this.
Strong leadership says:
“Show me the data that supports this… and then walk me through the story behind it.”
That’s how you uncover blind spots.
That’s how you build accountability.
That’s how you protect margin and momentum.
That’s how you lead with clarity instead of noise.
If you’re not asking both questions, you’re not getting the whole picture.
And if you don’t have clean data?
You’re not making informed decisions — you’re making expensive guesses.
👉 CTA
If your team needs help strengthening your data, your reporting, or your operational decision-making inside CargoWise, I can help.
I work with logistics and finance leaders to:
- uncover data blind spots
- clean up operational + financial workflows
- build dashboards that tell the real story
- ensure leadership is making decisions based on truth, not noise
📩 Send me a message to get started.
Sometimes one strong data conversation changes everything.
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