Writing
Field notes
Short pieces on the patterns I keep running into: ownership, data products, legacy, and what AI actually needs underneath it. Written from the work, not the trend cycle.
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AI enablement · June 2026
AI Needs Operating Models, Not Just Prompts
Enterprise AI fails first where the data and the operating model are weak, not where the prompts are weak. The foundation work is unglamorous and decisive.
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Data products · June 2026
A Dashboard Is Not a Data Product
The difference between reporting and a data product is not the technology. It is ownership, a defined consumer, and a decision the thing exists to serve.
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Operating models · June 2026
Dashboards Don't Fix Ownership
Reporting problems are usually operating-model problems in disguise. A better dashboard makes the disagreement visible. It does not decide who owns the number.