Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
The Power of Information Management
The topic of a pandemic related to the proliferation of the bird flu virus has certainly gotten its share of media and governmental attention over the past few months. As the number of avian cases continues to mount, scientists feel that it is inevitable and only a matter of time before this deadly virus moves from feathered targets to human targets as well.
The Bush administration recently rolled out an $8 billion plan to combat pandemics through a number of different strategies including creating new vaccines, stockpiling anti-viral drugs and assisting countries where these pandemics originate from. While these methods will undoubtedly help slow the onset of a pandemic, many are missing a key element of what would need to be part of any pandemic management strategy: information.
The truth is that in order for governments to fight the spread of the pandemic they must make rational decisions on where the pandemic is occurring, how many people have been affected, what the major points of connection that must be blocked are and the rate at which diffusion is occurring. I have written previously of the value of modeling, simulation and pattern recognition, and all are extremely critical tools in terms of fighting a pandemic. The necessity for a baseline of information is critical as a foundational enabler as well.
Based on the discipline of information practices that…
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