Do hunches beat facts in CIO decision-making?

If you think CIOs are rigorous, analytical bunch, think again: Many CIOs make decisions based on nothing more than hunches, intuition and general sense of "what feels right."That's one of the conclusions of a report commissioned by IT infrastructure company Colt Technology Services.Its "CIO: Instinct or hard data – which wins?" study found that 71 percent of senior IT decision makers believe that, on balance, personal experience is more effective than data analysis in driving successful st