Practitioner thought leadership on data strategy and architecture
The Insights library is where our senior consultants write down what they have learned from delivery. Not opinion pieces. Not vendor talking points. Each article takes a position, defends it with experience, and offers concrete takeaways the reader can use the next day. We update the library on a regular cadence, and we cite Gartner, McKinsey, and named vendors only where the evidence supports the point.
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- Each piece has a thesis, not a topic.
- Updated regularly; last-updated dates are on every article.
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The Future of Data Strategy
Data strategy has historically been treated as an episodic project. A consultancy is engaged, a document is produced, the...
Modern Data Architecture
The architecture conversation in 2026 has settled into a rough consensus and a few honest disagreements. The consensus is...
Why Data Projects Fail
Most data projects fail for reasons that have nothing to do with technology. The vendor is rarely the problem....
AI in Data Analytics
AI in data analytics is in the same place AI in coding was about two years ago: real productivity...
Data Governance Trends
Data governance for most of the last decade was treated as a policy-and-committee exercise. Policies were written. Stewards were...