Announcing the Digital Quality Institute
All of us should be starting to feel it now… we’re entering a new AI-ra. Which is why I’m expanding horizons! Today I’m launching the Digital Quality Institute at dxquality.com. That’s where I’ll be...
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“The Bear” Season 2: A Poignant Story About Building Quality Culture
Confession: When I originally viewed The Bear (Season 1) last year, I thought it was “just OK.” It’s a drama that centers around a group of 8 people who work in a restaurant, and I’ve never worked in...
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ETL is So Much Easier Now
When I think about the rich landscape of ETL (Extract, Transform & Load) tools that organizations can choose from in 2023 to reduce the time to access and manipulate data, I feel like a fossil....
View ArticleA Solid Data Architecture Pays Off
Earlier this year, the people who (rightly) decided the “collective we” needed better tools to manage all our spaghetti SQL (dbt) acquired the “semantic layer” company, Transform. In one of the merger...
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“Us vs. Them”: There’s A Better Choice
Over the past 25 years (at least), I’ve routinely noticed two (and only two!) patterns of interaction emerge between people, and one of those patterns is wildly superior to the other. This post is my...
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Accountability: Getting Real About What We CAN Do
When you hear the word accountability, what do you think of? In cultures with low psychological safety, accountability can be a scary word. Who’s going to whip the horses harder to get them to go...
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Setting Expectations Early & Often
Agreeing on simple things (for example, where and when to meet) can be anything but simple. There can be miscommunications, incomplete communications, desires can change along the way, or people can...
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