In 1931, an Indian mathematician and librarian named S. R. Ranganathan published The Five Laws of Library Science. In the preceding century, libraries had undergone what he characterized as a revolution. Before then, librarians had effectively been tasked with protecting books from all but the most privileged readers–medieval texts were literally chained to the shelves. But the rise of democracy, alongside advancements in technology that
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As you progress in your career, your focus shifts from completing discrete tasks assigned to you, to owning larger projects. Being able to execute complex projects with limited support expands
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From 2019-2022, I was the data product manager of the business intelligence team at Unite, a sizeable European B2B procurement platform, where I guided our transformation from a “service
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This is part 2 of a series on the skills that enable data practitioners to develop consistently high impact and success. I hope that it helps individual contributors understand how
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A successful data practitioner has a visible impact on their organization. They may shape meaningful tactical and strategic decisions, build products that drive growth, or design experiments that shed light
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Data analysts wear a lot of hats, and the first ones to join a team may wear some extra ones. In doing so, they’ll have soaked up a
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Data teams aim to help the people in their organization make better decisions. Many data teams aren’t doing this as well as they could and are missing out on a
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The MBR meeting is the focal point of the MBR program. Here you will publicly interrogate KPIs, align on action items and hold people accountable. There are typically
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