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Practical thinking on data leadership, building data teams from scratch, scoped data projects, and what actually works in B2B SaaS analytics. No fluff - just lessons from 10+ years of doing the work.

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AI & Data

AI Is Making Us Faster, But Not Smarter With Data

AI lets everyone build dashboards faster. But faster doesn't mean better. Here's why governance and human judgment matter more in the age of AI reporting.

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AI & Data

The Muscle of Not Using AI

The reflex to reach for AI is becoming the default for everything. Even stuff you already know how to do. That habit is costing more than time.

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AI & Data

AI Agents Are Finishing What RevOps Started

RevOps promised a unified revenue engine for a decade. AI agents are finally forcing the issue - not because they're smarter, but because they literally can't function any other way.

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Data Architecture

Your Data Model Is the Ceiling

Data models quietly constrain what analysts can build, what AI can answer, and what questions your business can even ask. A rigid modeling foundation is an invisible bottleneck.

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AI & Data

Dashboards Are Dead (Sort Of)

Everyone says dashboards are dead. They're half right. The problem was never the dashboard - it was where we put it and what we expected it to do.

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AI & Data

Build vs Buy Has Changed

I wrote about build vs buy back in 2022. AI has completely rewritten the calculus. Easier to build doesn't mean you should - and the real challenge is now internal.

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Data Architecture

Your Data Stack Doesn't Need to Be Impressive

The best data work I've seen runs on the most boring tools imaginable. The business doesn't care if you used SQL or Python - it cares if the numbers are right.

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