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Finance Teams were the Original Data Pioneers
Mar 2, 2024
Key Trends
Finance Teams were the Original Data Pioneers

Exploring how to further empower the OG data folks, the finance team.

Finance Teams were the Original Data Pioneers
Vijay Subramanian
Metrics Overload in Business Reviews
Feb 15, 2024
Data Culture
Metrics Overload in Business Reviews

"Metrics bloat" is a common challenge to doing effective business reviews

Metrics Overload in Business Reviews
Vijay Subramanian
Data-Driven: Technical vs Cultural Aspects
Jan 29, 2024
Data Culture
Data-Driven: Technical vs Cultural Aspects

Discussing what it means to be a truly data-driven culture

Data-Driven: Technical vs Cultural Aspects
Vijay Subramanian
Three Distinct Organizational, Analytical Workflows
Dec 21, 2023
Data Culture
Three Distinct Organizational, Analytical Workflows

Diving into React, Explore and Plan - three analytical jobs-to-be-done

Three Distinct Organizational, Analytical Workflows
Vijay Subramanian
Benefits of Metrics and Semantic Layers
Nov 14, 2023
Key Trends
Benefits of Metrics and Semantic Layers

Metrics or semantic layers can do much more than metrics governance.

Benefits of Metrics and Semantic Layers
Vijay Subramanian
The Role of Data Teams in Org-Wide Planning
Oct 17, 2023
Data Culture
The Role of Data Teams in Org-Wide Planning

Taking a look at how analytics can power planning processes

The Role of Data Teams in Org-Wide Planning
Vijay Subramanian
Analytics: from Service to Product Mindset
Sep 28, 2023
Key Trends
Analytics: from Service to Product Mindset

Data-as-a-Product mindset can transform the analytics function

Analytics: from Service to Product Mindset
Vijay Subramanian
The Increasingly Limited Role of Dashboards
Sep 12, 2023
Key Trends
The Increasingly Limited Role of Dashboards

Examining how dashboards only address one of many data needs.

The Increasingly Limited Role of Dashboards
Vijay Subramanian
Kimball's Modeling Approach: A Few Drawbacks
Aug 15, 2023
Key Trends
Kimball's Modeling Approach: A Few Drawbacks

Investigating a few drawbacks to Kimball's modeling approach

Kimball's Modeling Approach: A Few Drawbacks
Vijay Subramanian
The Lasting Power of Kimball's Modeling Approach
Aug 10, 2023
Key Trends
The Lasting Power of Kimball's Modeling Approach

A look at the lasting power of Kimball's dimensional modeling approach

The Lasting Power of Kimball's Modeling Approach
Vijay Subramanian