From “Keep it Running” to “Make it Valuable”: Why Your SQL Skills Aren’t Enough Anymore
April 10, 2026
You’ve spent a long time learning about tuning indexes, fighting deadlocks, and keeping the green lights on the physical systems and cloud deployments. You’ve got scripts that could shame half the Stack Overflow answers GPT hasn’t scraped. You know the difference between CXPACKET and CXCONSUMER without Googling. But here’s the kicker: your CIO doesn’t care
Data Literacy is a Strategic Opportunity
March 26, 2026
Every year, organizations spend money on data platforms, business intelligence tooling, and analytics subscriptions. The decision to start these projects get executive sponsorship. The implementation gets a project manager. The launch gets a company-wide email with a lot of enthusiasm and a screenshot of the new dashboard. Then, six months later, the same leadership team
The AI Inventory: How You Turn an AI Project Into a Real Program
March 12, 2026
In my initial Data Estate Audit project, I ask the Leadership Team about their view on Artificial Intelligence as part of their tool set. I give them a range from “AI Skeptic” to “We are all-in”. If they tell me they are using AI, they are often surprised when I say I have just one
Our Next Chapter – Welcoming Buck Woody and Launching CDO as a Service
October 6, 2025
You can also read from Buck in his own words in this post, published here. “Oh, hi, don’t mind us – we’re just having a little conversation about SQL Server. I’m so glad you can join us. There are seats up front here...” That was the first time I ever heard words from Buck Woody