FoBA 2026: When Data Says Green but My Gut Says Red
About the talk
Lane8 Director and Principal Consultant Muthukumar Murugesan was a speaker at the Festival of Business Analysis (FoBA) 2026 in Perth.
What happens when the dashboard is green, stakeholders are confident, but something still feels off? After more than 15 years in business analysis, Muthu shared when to trust that gut feeling, when to question it, and how to use it with data to catch risks early.
What Muthu shared
01The science behind gut instinct
How intuition is shaped by experience, pattern recognition and emotional signals.
02Balancing intuition with data
Practical ways to use both together and make better informed decisions.
03Spotting hidden risks
How to challenge assumptions and catch problems early, even when the numbers look fine.
On the day
Thank you
Thank you to IIBA Australia and the Skills Development Group for having Muthu as a speaker, and to everyone who came along to the session.
Lane8 on Stage: where our team is invited to speak and share