Conversations with Data
Consulting Insights
Can You Read Your Own Clock?
I could not have come this far with TM1 without AI. I say that plainly because it is true, and because it is the best ...
Consulting Insights
Whose Clock Counts? Why AI Work Feels Too Fast or Too Slow
An executive asks why a piece of work is taking so long. The team closest to it says they are already moving as fast as ...
Consulting Insights
What Does Gravity Have to Do With AI?
A status update, a few weeks back. Someone walks through how a piece of analysis came together: three sources, one AI-assisted conversation, done by lunch. ...
Consulting Insights
When Strategy Becomes the Destination Instead of the Map
There is a pattern that repeats itself across organizations of nearly every size and industry. A consulting engagement concludes. The final presentation is polished, the ...
Mindset
The Dimension That Didn’t Exist Until You Asked
The last post made the case that the dimensions we use to analyze our businesses are decisions, not discoveries. Product line, customer segment, cost center, ...
Mindset
The Dimensions You Built Are Not the Dimensions You Need
The last post walked through a single business problem approached three different ways. Prompt engineering confirmed what the CFO already suspected. Conversational analytics led him ...
Mindset
The Inquiry Layer Is Not What You Think It Is
In the last post, I introduced the idea that the current market conversation about AI-powered analytics is missing a layer. The data layer, the semantic ...
Mindset
The Market Arrived. The Conversation Hasn’t.
Six months ago, I started a series called “Talking to Data.” The argument was straightforward but, at the time, felt early: open protocols like MCP ...
Mindset
It’s 50% Different. And Almost Nobody Can Explain Why
A colleague of mine, someone whose judgment on technology and business I trust deeply, said something recently that has stayed with me. Speaking to a ...
Mindset
Your AI Can Talk to Your Data. Can You?
The Art of Asking: What Makes a Data Conversation Actually Work The Difference Between a Query and a Conversation The previous posts in this series ...