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Connecting Data to Decisions

News Roundup July 2026

Jul 24 • Zane Hall

The Business Owns the Data

Building Trust by Handing Over Control

Jul 14 • Zane Hall

Connecting Data to Decisions

News Roundup - July 2026

Jul 10 • Zane Hall

Reverse the Flow

How Governed Data Can Accelerate Everyday Decisions

Jul 7 • Zane Hall

AI and Imposter Syndrome

Anthropic’s Common Sense Approach to Business Intelligence

Jun 26 • Zane Hall

Most Popular

The Most Important Data You Don’t Have

Sep 2, 2025 • Zane Hall

The 00001010 Commandments of Data

Oct 1, 2024 • Zane Hall

Try Systems Thinking

Feb 17 • Zane Hall

Exception Reports: The Origin Story

May 6, 2025 • Zane Hall

Shaping a Data Team

The Power of a Graceful “No”

Mar 3 • Zane Hall

Getting Out of (Technical) Debt

Feb 10 • Zane Hall

Are You an Essentialist?

Shaping a Data Team

Jan 6 • Zane Hall

The Matching Principle

How Conversations Can Connect People with Data

Nov 18, 2025 • Zane Hall

Best Practices

Data Quality

Lessons Learned From America's Massive Data Quality Problem

Case Study: Musk and Social Security Part 2

Jul 1, 2025 • Zane Hall

Fixing America’s Massive Data Quality Problem

Case Study: Musk and Social Security Part 1

Jun 24, 2025 • Zane Hall

Pinpointing a Data Problem

How to find the friction in your data solution

Jun 10, 2025 • Zane Hall

Write Business Rules, Not Code

Exception Reports, Part 3

May 27, 2025 • Zane Hall

Financial Data

The Ancient Idea Behind Analytics (Anniversary Edition)

University of Tampa, March 2026

Mar 10 • Zane Hall

A Financial Analyst's Dream Data

Financial Master Data Part 4

Nov 11, 2025 • Zane Hall

Profit Centers: The Key to Painless Product P&Ls

Financial Master Data Part 3

Oct 14, 2025 • Zane Hall

The Hidden Data Framework Behind Business Decisions

Financial Master Data, part 2

Sep 23, 2025 • Zane Hall

Customer Data

How to Measure Customer Value

Connecting Customer Data Part 4 of 4

Apr 1, 2025 • Zane Hall

Help Sales People Explore Data

Connecting Customer Data to Decisions Part 3 of 4

Mar 26, 2025 • Zane Hall

Who Are Your Customers?

Connecting Customer Data Part 2 of 4

Mar 20, 2025 • Zane Hall

Sales Teams Need Data, Not Reports

Connecting Customer Data, part 1 of 4

Mar 18, 2025 • Zane Hall

Governance

A User-Friendly Plan to Reduce Data Chaos

A Federal Model for Data Governance (part 3)

Jul 29, 2025 • Zane Hall

It’s Time to Share the Road

A Federal Model for Data Governance (part 2)

Jul 15, 2025 • Zane Hall

The Great American (Data) Road Trip

A Federal Model for Data Governance (part 1)

Jul 8, 2025 • Zane Hall

Don’t Let New Data Solutions Destroy Your Sense of Direction

Minnesota, February 2025

Feb 11, 2025 • Zane Hall

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