A blog about data, tools, and operating collaborative high performance cultures.
Exploring how to further empower the OG data folks, the finance team.
Could "metric graphs" enable data consumers?
Metrics or semantic layers can do much more than metrics governance.
Data-as-a-Product mindset can transform the analytics function
Examining how dashboards only address one of many data needs.
Investigating a few drawbacks to Kimball's modeling approach
A look at the lasting power of Kimball's dimensional modeling approach
An examination of "metrics layers" two years in - after the early buzz
Somewhat skeptical this is a radical, fundamental change
The tension between governed data and consumer flexibility.
Categorizing the three types of analysis all orgs need to execute
Taking chatGPT for a quick spin to see if it can role play as a data analyst!
Why dashboards are the default vs self-serve analytics
Data is being elevated to a first class citizen but still lacks reach.
How recent the cloud data platforms still are, and what's needed next.