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The Four Database Design Principles You Should Be Using
“Obey the principles without being bound by them.” -Bruce Lee Do you have some guiding principles you use when designing a new feature or when implementing a new requirement? I do. And you should too. I put them to paper a few years ago while we were undergoing a hiring binge and I wanted […]
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Is Your Team Defending The Status Quo? (Are you?)
Saw this blog post from Seth Godin. It outlines a number of points that might indicate you are defending the status quo. Don’t get me wrong, in many cases there are benefits to the status quo. It’s proven, it’s understood, you know the pros and you know the cons. In many cases sticking with the […]
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Business Intelligence Teams Could Learn Something From Barcelona Football
Just came across a brief but interesting article looking at how the top ranked Barcelona Football Club has handled some tricky management issues, one of which is particularly common to the business intelligence team:
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Using Power, Seduction, and War To Improve Productivity
Ouch! Fail! Just endured a smack down at the hands of my team. I pointed out a clear issue affecting the team’s productivity (with a solution ready in my back pocket). The team denied it was an issue, saying it was in fact one of the things they take pride in. I was left in […]
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Rebuilding A Business Intelligence Team
On April 29th I took on a new position as the lead of the Business Intelligence Team for a local money management firm. To make the story a bit more interesting, I had worked for the same firm five years earlier as the supervisor of their database group. Since that time the firm’s assets
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When Hiring Your Database Team – Do Not Settle!
One of the unwritten qualifications of a great business intelligence or database team lead are interviewing skills. Finding the right business intelligence pro can often be a slow process that frequently results in upper management demanding you “just pick someone!”. Do not give in! This recent interview with Digg founder and angel investor Kevin Rose […]
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Database Architects – You Are In Demand
Finding a great Database Architect is a challenging task. I stumbled across a recent post by marketing guru Seth Godin which happened to touch on this and lumped DB Architects in with some rarefied company: