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Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it does

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“Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it does.”

― W. Edwards Deming

Organizations ...

Taxonomy v Folksonomy

When I think about the long- and short-term implications of using machine “assistants” like OpenAI and MSFT CoPilot, they function very similarly to Google. It's like y...

To code or not to code? The value of Domain Knowledge in Data Teams

A little while ago, I chatted with Gartner Analyst David Pidsely about a trend I noticed in the job market. It seemed the last 2-3 years, data strategy and governance roles suddenly required coding experience.

It wasn’t my imagination, he confirmed. In 2023, skills and talent shortage were the number one inhibitor to CDAO success. Hiring managers and recruiters have been packing job descriptions with coding skills that don’t always require them.

By doing this, data teams project to potential can...

Is it ARTIFICIAL intelligence or AUGMENTED intelligence?

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The truth? It depends on the design's purpose. An organization’s purpose ...

6 Myths and Misconceptions about Data Projects

As I considered how to promote my new book on driving data projects, I wanted to include myths and misconceptions that reinforce their value. I have experienced many of these in teams I’ve worked on or with. Data projects are not a static set of routines. It's a constantly evolving, open-to-innovation process.

Only 54 percent of organizations fully understand the value of project management, according to PMI's Pulse of the Profession™ report. That might explain, in part, why project success rates...

You get an author's box!

I read somewhere that over 80% of adults want to write a book, but only 3% ever get to 'The End' of a draft. That means that 97% of people who want to write a book never finish.

Stats like that make accomplishments like getting my “author’s box” of books all the more rewarding.

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4 Perspectives to drive effective data translation

When driving data projects, you will encounter business stakeholder challenges that often go unspoken. This is not always because people hold back but because they don't fully know how to vocalize their constraints.

If they can't directly address their requirement, chances are we can't either. To hear others' speech, we start by asking questions from different perspectives.

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Data Trend: From Spreadsheets to Algorithms

The transition from traditional spreadsheets to sophisticated data management and analysis algorithms represents a significant evolution that has revolutionized how bus...

Who is pacing this race?

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Since the launch of Open AI and Co-pilot, we have been talking about th...

Machine, My Coworker

Image Credit: (European Parliment) This illustration of artificial intelligence has in fact been generated by AI.

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