Strong framing of data platforms as interpretive control rather than discovery tools. The shift from "what can we learn" to "can we agree on this number" nails how organizational maturity actually looks. I've seen this play out where shadow spreadsheets become the real analytics layer because the platform locked definitions too early. The part about frozen language traveling into comp plans and forecasts shows why changing a metric definition later becomes nearly imposible.
Killjoy!
What do you mean? How is this not fun? :D
Strong framing of data platforms as interpretive control rather than discovery tools. The shift from "what can we learn" to "can we agree on this number" nails how organizational maturity actually looks. I've seen this play out where shadow spreadsheets become the real analytics layer because the platform locked definitions too early. The part about frozen language traveling into comp plans and forecasts shows why changing a metric definition later becomes nearly imposible.
Love it! I'd love to hear this shadow analytics layer story some day. It's a hard problem to tackle.