Developing your thinking skills – why change your environment?
Understanding the basic principles of better thinking skills and what a difference your environment can make to the quality of your thinking.
June 1, 2023
Making the most of your existing technology
How making the most of your existing technology and investing in training your people can be more effective than shiny new Data Science tech.
A book to help you understand the Data Mesh revolution
Reviewing “Data Mesh: Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale” by Zhamak Dehgahni. What data leaders need to get ready for the transformation.
Finding the right data environment for you (part 2: industry)
How to choose the industry that is the right data environment for you & your data career. Guest blogger, Tristan Mobbs, shares his experience
Finding the right data environment for you (part 1: size matters)
How you can find the right data environment for your career development. Part 1 of 2 part series. Why organisation size matters & what to ask
An entertaining way to teach leaders don’t trust your gut
Book review of “Don’t trust your gut” by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Plus, how it could help data leaders with data literacy campaigns.
Your business needs to save money? Step forward data leaders!
Why data & analytics teams are almost uniquely well-positioned to help businesses at a time of economic crisis when they need to save money.
Are you a hero or a villain as a leader during cutbacks?
Are you a hero or a villain in your organisation due to your response to cost cutting challenges? Which should you be? What is needed now?
Designing your life – a great book to get unstuck in your career
How “Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans can help you get unstuck in your career and start designing the one you really want.
Avoid these false economies when you reduce data team costs
Sharing 3 false economies that data leaders need to resist. Each are typical cost challenges faced by data leaders that incur hidden costs.
More thinking to save money – reduce, reuse and recycle your data
Helping data & analytics leaders to save money. What opportunities could you identify from thinking Reduce, Reuse & Recycle your data?
How data leaders can cut costs without reducing value
Sharing my experience of how data leaders can cut costs without reducing value, even during a recession, because we have been here before.