The document discusses challenges organizations face in making analytics actionable. It notes that while data is growing exponentially from both internal and external sources, only a small portion of business leaders have the information they need to make decisions. Additionally, most employees do not understand their organization's goals or how their work aligns with these goals. The document advocates for improving data integration and rationalization to make more data available and useful for analytics. It also discusses how analytics maturity can be improved by moving from basic reporting to predictive analytics and optimizing business processes. Recent technological advances are helping organizations tackle more complex analytics to gain new insights.