The Hidden Problem with Grassroots Fundraising (And Why Spreadsheets Don’t Scale) Spreadsheets don’t fail immediately. They fail gradually. At first, everything works fine. A small group. A simple competition. A few updates each week. But then things grow. When “Good Enough” Stops Being Good Enough Grassroots football clubs are brilliant at finding ways to raise … [Read more…]
Dashboards Don’t Drive Decisions (and that’s the real analytics problem)I have a new conference talk that made it debut at Tenerife Winter Sessions last weekend and is scheduled for another outing at the Birmingham Power BI Meetup Group #PBIBrum at the beginning of March. The talk is called “Data-Driven Storytelling with Power BI” and this … [Read more…]
Why Platforms Like Microsoft Fabric Don’t Fix Broken Data CultureAfter dashboards fail, organisations often reach for a bigger answer. A new platform. A more integrated stack. A promise that this time things will be different. That’s where platforms like Microsoft Fabric come into play. Fabric is powerful. Modern. Well-architected. But it’s also one of the … [Read more…]