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Mar 7, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

CALMS for Data Organizations

The DevOps Handbook has a framework called CALMS. Most data teams only do the A. Here's what they're missing.

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Mar 4, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Compliance Incident That Cost a Giant Fine (And One Email)

They had microservices, a data lake, and Grafana dashboards for everything. They didn't have an answer to "where does this customer's data …

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Mar 2, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Parts Unlimited" Is Your Data Platform

The Phoenix Project described a company drowning in unplanned work. Gene Kim called it Parts Unlimited. You might recognize the patterns.

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Feb 27, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Analytics Lead Time - The Time to Insight Metric

Your data team takes 2 weeks to answer a business question. That decision's already been made.

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Feb 26, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Five Ideals Applied to Data Teams

Gene Kim wrote The Unicorn Project about a developer trapped in bureaucracy. Data engineers live that story every day.

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Feb 23, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Three Ways Applied to Data Pipelines

Your data team ships pipelines fast. That's the First Way. They're ignoring the other two.

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Feb 21, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Data Observability Practical Start

Data observability sounds expensive and complex. Here's how to start in one afternoon.

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Feb 17, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Data Product Operating Model

You wouldn't ship a software product without an owner, a roadmap, or a release process. Why do you treat your data differently?

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Feb 12, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

AI Worry Gap - Engineers vs Executives

Executives see AI as opportunity. Engineers see it as threat. Neither is talking to the other about it.

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Feb 11, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Alex Problem - Hero Dependency

Alex knows everything about your data platform. When Alex leaves, you're in trouble.

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