Conventionally, a central data team manages the data infrastructure for organizations. This team would maintain the data warehouse, own data transformation, and ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements. There are problems with this approach. There’s too much data for a single team to own. All data related issues get routed to this central team. This… Continue reading Data: Central Ownership or Shared Collaboration?
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Do you see the “I” in the Team?
For the team sport of collaboration to work effectively, upskilling and re-skilling are required at the Individual level. Organizations are expected to respond to change by retraining the workforce. Whether the change is a technology revolution (like GenAI) or new AI regulation or a process evolution (DevOps, Data Ops, ML Ops) the adaptation is required… Continue reading Do you see the “I” in the Team?
Are you on a Two-Pizza Team?
Do you know if you are on a two-pizza team? In the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos instituted a rule: every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas. The idea behind this rule was efficiency and scalability. Efficient- because the small teams can get more done in… Continue reading Are you on a Two-Pizza Team?
Every day is Day One
The “Day One†spirit embodies a set of powerful sense of purpose, urgency, agility, obsession, continuous learning, and relentless innovation. No matter how much we grow as individuals and team with our accomplishments, it is worth connecting back with this Day One mindset every now and then to reminisce, rekindle and reset. The Day One… Continue reading Every day is Day One