Organizational Dynamics
101 posts filed under Organizational Dynamics.
Hybrid Data Governance
Your governance is either a bottleneck or ignored. The data says 80% of companies can't find the middle ground.
Read →Metadata Management ROI
Engineers losing 10-20% of their time to repetitive questions. Most teams don't even measure it.
Read →The Reorg That Made Everything Worse
They reorganized the data team three times in two years. Each time, things got worse.
Read →How to Prioritize Data Requests in 3 Steps
When everything is "high priority," nothing gets done. Here's how to fix your data request backlog in three steps.
Read →The Destabilizing Effect of Constant Org Chart Shuffle
Only 23% of reorganizations achieve their objectives. The other 77% just reset the clock.
Read →Architecture Advisory: The 3 Questions I Ask First
In week one of any architecture review, I ask the same 3 questions.
Read →Hero Dependency: Why Your Best Work Makes You Replaceable
The best proof of your value is a team that doesn't need you anymore.
Read →Team Alignment Sprint: 3 Outputs Teams Actually Use
A 4-week sprint. 3 outputs. Zero slide decks nobody reads.
Read →You're Hiring Data Engineers Wrong
You're hiring data engineers wrong. And your best candidates know it.
Read →The Genius Developer Anti-Pattern (Reprise)
Your best developer isn't your biggest asset. They're your biggest risk.
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