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Frictionless Decisions

Zane Hall — Managing decisions with data, written for leaders. Data quality, exception reports, data teams, business ownership of data.

107 posts · 2024-09-04 to 2026-07-24 · 83,219 words · mirrored from zanehall.substack.com

DatePostWordsComments
2026-07-24Connecting Data to Decisions137854
2026-07-14The Business Owns the Data87510
2026-07-10Connecting Data to Decisions88641
2026-07-07Reverse the Flow 112710
2026-06-26AI and Imposter Syndrome67450
2026-06-25Always Measure the Whole Before the Parts82240
2026-06-12AI Governance for BI Platforms132500
2026-06-09Frictionless Decisions Community Update77430
2026-06-02Let’s Game The Casino83210
2026-05-26The First Four Hires for Your Data Team85200
2026-05-22Connecting Data to Decisions89031
2026-05-19Avoid “Best Practices” at All Costs76210
2026-05-12Try Capturing Crowdsourced Data94112
2026-05-08Write Slow, Think Deep, Part 2114333
2026-05-05The Cartoon that Launched the Computing Revolution88720
2026-05-02Join the User Experience Movement97920
2026-05-01Write Slow, Think Deep - Part 186651
2026-04-28Juggling Chainsaws74500
2026-04-24Connecting Data to Decisions93911
2026-04-21Your Dashboard Can Tell a Better Story81300
2026-04-14Can Data “Heal” Itself?70710
2026-04-10Simplify Many-to-Many Relationships75410
2026-04-07Trending Now on AI89300
2026-03-31Shrinking Transistors, Growing Insights82010
2026-03-27Connecting Data to Decisions68010
2026-03-24A Secret Weapon Against Technical Debt64042
2026-03-17Automate like everyone. Decide like no one.57050
2026-03-10The Ancient Idea Behind Analytics (Anniversary Edition)64733
2026-03-03The Power of a Graceful “No”77220
2026-02-24Try Centralizing Your Data Team61819
2026-02-17Try Systems Thinking73873
2026-02-13Escaping Analysis Paralysis 78910
2026-02-10Getting Out of (Technical) Debt74052
2026-02-03There's Buried Treasure In That Text!71662
2026-01-27Connecting Business Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence86160
2026-01-20Stairways To Nowhere80060
2026-01-18Frictionless Data Consulting Services103020
2026-01-1300001010 Commandments of Data - Anniversary Edition59660
2026-01-06Are You an Essentialist?70653
2025-12-30Top Hits! Frictionless Data Playlist58851
2025-12-16Seven Good Reads for 2026112330
2025-12-09Can a Data Strategy Survive the Test of Time?81570
2025-12-02How To Outsmart the Robot Coming for Your Data Job80010
2025-11-18The Matching Principle79622
2025-11-11A Financial Analyst's Dream Data64013
2025-11-04Connecting Business Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence75930
2025-10-21Wisdom For Data Projects82030
2025-10-14Profit Centers: The Key to Painless Product P&Ls70910
2025-10-07How Many Reports Do You Need?64720
2025-09-30Smaller Teams, Better Results84832
2025-09-23The Hidden Data Framework Behind Business Decisions87900
2025-09-16Visibility Can’t Wait65032
2025-09-13Let Me Reintroduce Frictionless Data…34745
2025-09-09The Secret Decoder Ring for Your Data Puzzle67350
2025-09-04Connecting Business Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence58140
2025-09-02The Most Important Data You Don’t Have57882
2025-08-26A World Without Reports62140
2025-08-19Are You an Armchair Quarterback?58410
2025-08-12Avoid “Best Practices” at All Costs68712
2025-08-05The Data Problem Hiding in Plain Sight42810
2025-07-29A User-Friendly Plan to Reduce Data Chaos56600
2025-07-22A Cure for Shiny New Toy Syndrome62310
2025-07-15It’s Time to Share the Road72910
2025-07-08The Great American (Data) Road Trip70222
2025-07-01Lessons Learned From America's Massive Data Quality Problem72200
2025-06-24Fixing America’s Massive Data Quality Problem86920
2025-06-17The Feedback Every Data Team Needs84822
2025-06-10Pinpointing a Data Problem55920
2025-06-02Let’s Game The Casino76820
2025-05-27Write Business Rules, Not Code101300
2025-05-20The First Four Hires for Your Data Team76000
2025-05-13Exception Reports: The Power of a Simple Solution96934
2025-05-06Exception Reports: The Origin Story89564
2025-04-29Why You Need a Data Team83502
2025-04-22Use Hierarchies to Help People Understand Data85110
2025-04-15Use Security to Build Great Business Partnerships70710
2025-04-08Always Enforce Cell Level Security105800
2025-04-01How to Measure Customer Value102021
2025-03-26Help Sales People Explore Data100600
2025-03-20Who Are Your Customers?101110
2025-03-18Sales Teams Need Data, Not Reports64300
2025-03-11Always Store Data as Journals71600
2025-03-04The Ancient Idea Behind Analytics61544
2025-02-25How to Avoid Embarrassing Data Failures85050
2025-02-18A Data Team Should Drive Positive Change107222
2025-02-11Don’t Let New Data Solutions Destroy Your Sense of Direction57230
2025-02-04Always Warehouse the Data First109540
2025-01-28Rethinking Self-Service Business Intelligence85520
2025-01-21Always Measure the Whole Before the Parts78100
2025-01-14The Pivot Table That Captured Everything78000
2025-01-07Shaping Your Data Team38200
2025-01-07Listen to the Messengers102040
2024-12-26Seven Good Reads for 202564932
2024-12-10A Cure for AI FOMO95530
2024-12-03Never Break the Link Between the Business Activity and the Metrics70332
2024-11-25Triangulating Turkeys33620
2024-11-19Always Define the System of Record98042
2024-11-12Turn Your Data Ship Around97202
2024-11-05Broadcom’s Secret Weapon in Acquiring 51 Companies90820
2024-10-29Never Use Reports to Manage Business Logic56520
2024-10-22Never Give Anyone Access to Raw Data61920
2024-10-15Does Your Data Flow Through People?60720
2024-10-08Never Mask Bad Data with Logic54840
2024-10-01The 00001010 Commandments of Data58370
2024-09-24What Made Broadcom’s Data So Powerful?66150
2024-09-19The Most Important Data You Don’t Have59530
2024-09-04Frictionless Data community newsletter48630