1. A company has been losing market share to their competitors due to some recent poor decision making. The CEO has hired you as a consultant to help his company to gain back their market share. After a thorough analysis you discover that whenever management is faced with a problem they are too quick to come up with a fix and then they rush to put the fix into effect. What would you recommend? 2. A large Ontario company desperately needs to improve their decision making technology. Their existing technology has enabled them to solve most of their business decisions easily and quickly. However, every now and then they need to deal with decisions that are not so easily solvable. The company's success at dealing with these "unsolvable decisions has not been as good as it needs to be. What would you recommend? 3. A Canadian bank is moving into the financial services industry in a big way. The bank has an advantage due to its ability to provide customer-driven services. However, the financial services industry is very competitive so they have to find an edge in the industry to get ahead. The bank hopes to gain an advantage by tracking the exact locations of both competitors and customers. This would help them analyze the market share of their competitors and gain from their success. The bank manager asks for your advice on what technology would best suit their needs. Be sure to explain your answer. 4. A Vancouver based company is trying to determine what customers are mostly likely to respond to a social-media campaign within 30 days by purchasing at least two products in the advertised product line. They need your help to find the right technology to be able to do this. What technology do you recommend?