As part of my job, I'm fortunate enough to speak with data leaders far and wide about how they are tackling some of our industry's biggest challenges, from implementing data mesh to scaling self-service analytics. What about both? Enter BlaBlaCar, which has made real progress on tough challenges like self service analytics and data mesh over the past few years, leading to a … [Read more...] about How BlaBlaCar Built a Practical Data Mesh to Support Self-Service Analytics at Scale
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Do Data Stewards Have The Worst Seat At The Table?
In his seminal 2017 blog post, The Downfall of the Data Engineer, Maxime Beauchemin wrote that the data engineer had the worst seat at the table. Data technology and teams have changed tremendously since that time, and now the Preset CEO and creator of Apache Airflow and Apache Superset has a brighter outlook on the future of the profession. I have also seen what was once a … [Read more...] about Do Data Stewards Have The Worst Seat At The Table?
How to Build Data Products Your Company Will Actually Use
Across both public and private sectors, more organizations are adopting a "data-driven" mindset-or, at least, data-driven messaging. But in reality, most aren't prepared for the reality of what it takes to truly make decisions based on data. Teams have to be aligned about what data is used and how decisions are made. Data has to be accessible and available to the right … [Read more...] about How to Build Data Products Your Company Will Actually Use
When Pristine Data Isn’t Pristine
The data that you consider pristine and absolutely perfect for its intended use can turn into an absolute mess overnight if the data is used in a different way. While it isn't common, there are cases where the current uses for data aren't impacted by a major underlying quality issue that, if not identified, can totally corrupt a new use of the data. No matter how clean you … [Read more...] about When Pristine Data Isn’t Pristine
6 Reasons Why Companies Fail at Data Governance
This article was written with Teresa Kovich, Principal Consultant at Das42. Everywhere we go in the cloud data space today, we're hearing one message loud and clear: "you should be thinking about data governance". It's a sentiment that we wholeheartedly endorse, but we like to take it a little bit further - you should be thinking about data governance differently. In this … [Read more...] about 6 Reasons Why Companies Fail at Data Governance