In the Data Ethics episode of the Rock Bottom Data Feed podcast, our guest Daragh O’Brien made the observation that in our industry we often mix up word sequencing. For example, to him there is no such thing as “Data Ethics.” Rather, there is the application of ethics to data. Read more…
When was the last time you ran outside when you heard a car alarm? I remember once driving an old, heavy, muffler-challenged vehicle through a parking garage and setting off every car alarm in my wake. They made a lot of noise, but I don’t remember anybody rushing to the Read more…
Do you gravitate toward the most difficult problems? Do you seek out the most interesting and impactful challenges? If so, then 6 Secrets for Delivering Impossible Projects will give you the tools to successfully deliver your own Impossible Projects On Tuesday, October 29th, family, friends, and colleagues gathered at the Read more…
I hate paying more than I have to for something. And I really hate paying interest, whether it’s on a credit card … or a loan … or Data Debt. Data Debt is the accumulation of unresolved data-related issues and unfinished information management activities. Think shortcuts taken in the interest Read more…
… and your data warehouse / data lake / data lakehouse. A few months ago, I talked about how nearly all of our analytics architectures are Stuck in the 1990s. Maybe an executive at your company read that article, and now you have a mandate to “Modernize Analytics.” Let’s say Read more…
Peter Drucker famously said that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Well, he didn’t really say that. Sort of the same way that Humphrey Bogart never said “Play it again Sam” in Casablanca. Drucker actually said, “Culture, no matter how defined, is singularly persistent.” Not nearly as catchy. But either way, Read more…
I once served as Lead Architect on a very large project where I had to produce process and data flow diagrams that included several application areas with which I was not familiar. Not surprisingly, they went through many, many iterations. After we had successfully delivered the project, the Domain Architect Read more…