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14 July 2026 · 5 min read
Spreadsheets don't fail loudly. They fail as a slow tax on every decision — one you stop noticing because you've always paid it.
22 July 2026 · 6 min read
“We have the data” and “we can decide from the data” are different sentences. The gap between them is where most analytics projects quietly die.
30 July 2026 · 5 min read
The wrong sourcing decision is expensive in a way that hides for two years. Here's how to make it deliberately instead of by default.
4 August 2026 · 5 min read
A dashboard nobody acts on isn't a reporting problem. It's a sign the system is showing numbers instead of prompting decisions.
8 August 2026 · 6 min read
The failure mode of operational AI isn't a bad model. It's a good model pointed at the wrong problem, with no one accountable for the wrong answers.