Data Culture fits into Organisational Culture via its Decision Culture. Every organisation has a Decision Culture which influences how decisions… Read more Where does Data Culture fit into an Organisation?

Stop Firefighting
You’re a wood carver.You do a great job.Your work is valuable.You’ve built a reputation.People like working with you. They have… Read more Stop Firefighting

A woman’s place is in the script: gender balance stats at Pixar
The documentary series Inside Pixar, includes the brilliant story of Jessica Heidt, one of the animation studio’s script supervisors. Jessica’s… Read more A woman’s place is in the script: gender balance stats at Pixar

Working with Purpose, Vision & Pride
For other parts in this series see here. Whether building a new team or function from scratch (maybe it’s just… Read more Working with Purpose, Vision & Pride

Scaling teams: Document management
For more on scaling teams see here. When a team is small and the team members can keep most of… Read more Scaling teams: Document management

Diverge & Converge – Finding Balance
Whether it’s unpicking the prickliest of thorny data problems or designing engaging and informative data visualisations, there is the need… Read more Diverge & Converge – Finding Balance

Scaling teams: Request and response
For more on Scaling teams see here. Automation vs the human touch How can we make request and response practices… Read more Scaling teams: Request and response

Scaling teams: Kanban
Workflow management as a Kanban Kanban is an agile method for managing team or project workflow. Trello is a powerful… Read more Scaling teams: Kanban

Scaling teams: Flow
I’ve just started a contract to head up a Data & Insight team with the goal of scaling from two… Read more Scaling teams: Flow
Averages: Is it mean to use the mean?
There’s an often-quoted anecdote about the flaw of averages which recounts the story of Lt Gilbert Daniels. In the 1950s,… Read more Averages: Is it mean to use the mean?