BI Yearly Maintenance
I look at data warehouses and data marts like cabinets where you store specific items. And like any cabinet, at least in my house, over time they get a little overstuffed, you may find things that don’t really belong, or things that you no longer want or need, maybe even a few things that have … Continue reading
Career Planning – Your Model Pt 3
Last year I spent some time learning about business modeling after reading Business Model Generation. When I spotted Business Model You by the same author on the shelves over the holidays I immediately grabbed it, it promised to be the answer to my planning problem. Business Model You takes the exact same approach used in … Continue reading
Career Planning – Your Model Pt 2
Last year I spent some time learning about business modeling after reading Business Model Generation. When I spotted Business Model You by the same author on the shelves over the holidays I immediately grabbed it, it promised to be the answer to my planning problem. Business Model You takes the exact same approach used in … Continue reading
Facilitating Everyone Communicates Few Connect
About three years ago I came across Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John Maxwell; I’m a bit of a Maxwell fan having led my team through a couple of his leadership and teamwork books over the years. This title attracted me because it speaks to something that I’ve always struggled with, the difference between communicating … Continue reading
Weekly Wrap Up – Kodyaz, Agile Exams and Do Nothing
One Thing I’ve Learned Over the years I’ve collected a bunch of methods to pivot data in queries and result sets, some easy, some way too complicated, none really the best method. This week I finally sat down and focused on learning how to use the Pivot function in SQL Server (It’s not as easy … Continue reading

