People

The information you have is not the information you want. The information you want is not the information you have.

…or at least can never be “purely” objective.

There is a balance to be played in the role of any person who is responsible for metrics and measurement. How to approach the perennial question: “can you make me a dashboard/report so I can see X”.

Once upon a time, there was a company of tailors… and so she drew up a position for a number wizard…

This year I spoke at the Coalesce 2021 conference about a topic a bit broader than just SQL linting or data in small businesses.

Following on from part 1, we go from getting serious into philosophy as we track our growing analytics function.

A rambling tour through life in small businesses and the importance of culture and leadership in data organisations.

Many people are rediscovering bread, and many organisations are rediscovering data. Both are things that people are devoting considerable time and attention to right now to provide reassurance, grounding and direction in what is otherwise a bewildering time.

I was very humbled to be included in the DataIQ 100 for 2020. This is a repost of the bio included in that.

In this episode of the Hub and Spoken podcast, I have a chat with Jason Foster at Cynozure, discussing building data functions from scratch in a fast-paced business.

Lots has been written about data functions with lots of tools and budget. In startup-land that’s not an option. This is the story of how we’ve done Business Analytics on a Shoestring.