Ask any experienced Data Professional, “What’s the most important table in Analytics?” They will all tell you the same table, but with many different names. “Dates”, “Calendar” and “DimDates”… to name a few. The Calendar in Analytics is so important because most report packs have an element of comparison across dates. The converse of that...Read More

The last three weeks have been introductions for many into the world of what is needed to achieve business success as far as your data is concerned. This topic is one where the certainties are normally the legal limits of what you can do. In other words, it can be a tricky landscape to navigate....Read More

What kind of environment have you been cultivating at work, how is your data literacy? Are you aware of the rationale behind the data your organisation collects, why and how? What do you understand about your data? If we take the term improving the health of your data culture, have you any idea of the...Read More

Ethics, its massive, it’s a word that is on everybody’s lips. It implies fairness and justice, equality. Ethics is – “the philosophical discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong”, so it intersects hugely with values and bias. Remember morals are defined by values and values are defined by...Read More

Announced in early 2023, Fabric is the name being given to a largely existing suite of applications within Azure (and O365). Bringing all data services under a unified heading. There are simplifications and deduplication within the structure as (currently) separate workloads can be unified for more business benefit.   So, where’s the rub? Let me...Read More

I started Geordie Intelligence as a response to what I was seeing both in the corporate world around Data Analytics and big data where correlation and causation were becoming muddled to say the least. The final straw for me though was the Covid-19 Pandemic. I was working for a company at the time so was...Read More

As an introduction to why we do what we do, allow me to share some summary points. We are approaching the close of yet another year, so what can we say 2023 has taught us so far and what do we want to learn before the year end?   Identity is something that we all...Read More

Values and morals are inextricably linked and are borne from a strong set of core beliefs that we hold dear, it boils down to what we believe to be right and wrong. The adage, ‘treat others as you expect to be treated yourself’ is a prime example. Most people want to be treated well; most...Read More

The views in this article are my own and are based on my experiences. If you disagree, I hope you will add a comment so we can have a healthy discussion and all learn more. In the previous three articles, we have covered how bias influences us personally and how we must be aware that...Read More

When looking at your staff, your systems, and processes, how many boxes are you ticking and on who’s say so? Are things generally working to the companies’ benefit? Do you have a team of driven individuals who are happy and thriving within the internal organisation, all feeling heard, valued and integrated? Is there a bias...Read More