There's a pattern I keep seeing.
A team runs into a problem. They search for a tool that solves it. They adopt the tool. The tool partially solves the problem and quietly creates two more. A year later, the company is operating across nine tools, none of which talk to each other, and the original problem is still there — just better disguised.
The instinct is to add. The fix is usually to consolidate.
A real system isn't a stack of subscriptions. It's one coherent picture of how the business actually works, with the data, the workflows, and the surfaces all pulling in the same direction. When you have one of those, the questions get easier and the answers stay current.
When you don't, every decision starts with assembling the picture from scratch.
The companies that pull ahead aren't the ones with the most tools. They're the ones with one system they trust.