Data Doesn't Win Wars - This Does

Episode notes

I sat down with Paul Evangelista, Chief Data Officer at the United States Military Academy at West Point, to talk about what happens when decisions carry real weight. Paul spent 30 years in the Army, from engineer officer to operations research analyst, and now leads data strategy where leadership is forged under pressure. We talked about why decision literacy matters more than data literacy, how mission command principles translate to private equity portfolio companies, and why trust is the foundation of high-performing organizations. Behind every value creation plan is a data problem. Paul breaks down how PE firms can build decision systems that work under stress, why fuzzy strategy is more dangerous than messy data, and what the private sector can learn from military command structures. If you care about building organizations that make better decisions faster, this conversation is for you.

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