I like to think about good Power BI adoption more like Airbnb than plumbing. A logical comparison, I think you'll agree? But go with me on this, because there's a genuinely undervalued concept hiding inside most organisations' reporting environments, and it's unlocked with a change in mindset rather than more Power BI as a Platform: More Airbnb Than PlumbingCapEx funding. A lot of businesses treat their analytics like a utility. Data flows in one direction: a dedicated team b

If you'll get into a stranger's car, then why won't you trust your colleague's sales report? It's a fair question, and it gets at something I think about a lot when helping organisations with their self-service data strategy. We trust platforms like Uber, Airbnb, and Tinder with some pretty significant decisions, often involving strangers, money, or both. But inside our own organisations, people won't touch a dataset they didn't build themselves. Self-service data strategy su

A platform's operating model is the governance, team, and funding structure that turns shared technology like Power BI or ServiceNow into something that actually scales. Here's what it covers, why platforms can't run like normal products, and how to tell if your operating model is the problem.