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Tristan Burns

I am a data career coach and data consultant with a particular focus on data maturity and culture within organisations. As a coach I help data leaders devise and execute their career growth strategies. As a consultant, I work with individuals and businesses to create data-centric cultures the entire company can get around in order to build data driven organisations.

🙋🏼‍♂️ Can I ask you something?

Nov 27, 2025

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9 min read

🙋🏼‍♂️ Can I ask you something?

Why data leaders need to have the best questions

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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💰 Margin call.

Nov 20, 2025

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9 min read

💰 Margin call.

Why data leaders should embrace an entrepreneur's mindset.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

+1

 🗳️ Is democracy all that?

Nov 6, 2025

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10 min read

🗳️ Is democracy all that?

When data democratisation becomes a liability.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
💁🏻 Talk data to me

Oct 30, 2025

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10 min read

💁🏻 Talk data to me

How data teams should speak to business stakeholders.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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🌪️ Caught in a vicious cycle

Oct 23, 2025

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11 min read

🌪️ Caught in a vicious cycle

Why hiring in data is broken. And how to fix it.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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⚔️ You've had your arms chopped off.

Oct 16, 2025

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10 min read

⚔️ You've had your arms chopped off.

The 5 key challenges holding data leaders back.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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🛣️ On a road to nowhere?

Oct 9, 2025

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11 min read

🛣️ On a road to nowhere?

Getting intentional about our data careers

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
👩🏼‍💼 From maker to manager.

Sep 11, 2025

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7 min read

👩🏼‍💼 From maker to manager.

The guilt that plagues new leaders in data

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
👨🏻 I'm Ron Burgundy...?

Sep 4, 2025

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9 min read

👨🏻 I'm Ron Burgundy...?

Why many data leaders are reading the wrong script

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🦹 Villains and turf wars

Aug 28, 2025

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9 min read

🦹 Villains and turf wars

Dealing with data-phobic stakeholders

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🔟 Becoming a 10x data leader

Aug 21, 2025

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10 min read

🔟 Becoming a 10x data leader

The key to becoming a valued & strategic data leader.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🫨 Stop calling  them "soft skills"

Aug 14, 2025

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8 min read

🫨 Stop calling them "soft skills"

Why soft skills are the actual hard skills in data leadership.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🌏 The time has come (to push the button)

Aug 7, 2025

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9 min read

🌏 The time has come (to push the button)

From data person to entrepreneur?

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🦾 Getting in on the action

Jul 31, 2025

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10 min read

🦾 Getting in on the action

Why data teams need to lead the AI charge

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🛩️ Fighter pilot or data analyst?

Jul 24, 2025

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9 min read

🛩️ Fighter pilot or data analyst?

What data people can learn from fighter pilot training

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🐌 To go fast, go slow.

Jul 17, 2025

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10 min read

🐌 To go fast, go slow.

How data teams can improve productivity by slowing down

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🎯What the f**k are OKRs?

Jul 10, 2025

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13 min read

🎯What the f**k are OKRs?

What they are, and how data leaders can use them.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🦮 Like a golden retriever

Jul 3, 2025

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9 min read

🦮 Like a golden retriever

Why simplified communication is crucial for data leaders.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
⛹🏼‍♀️ Put me in, coach.

Jun 26, 2025

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11 min read

⛹🏼‍♀️ Put me in, coach.

Why player-coach mode is killing your data leadership.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
⛏️  I yearn for the mines

Jun 19, 2025

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10 min read

⛏️ I yearn for the mines

Why data teams need to get their hands dirty.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🤾🏼‍♂️ Don't hate the player...

Jun 12, 2025

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12 min read

🤾🏼‍♂️ Don't hate the player...

Why personal branding is ESSENTIAL for data careers.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
This hit a nerve...

Jun 5, 2025

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10 min read

This hit a nerve...

Navigating away from the data service desk dynamic

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🎤 Speak up, we can't hear you.

May 22, 2025

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9 min read

🎤 Speak up, we can't hear you.

Why becoming a speaker elevates your career.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🪿 Talk to me Goose

May 15, 2025

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10 min read

🪿 Talk to me Goose

Strengthening collaboration between data teams and the wider business.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
🪿Orgs that just don‘t ‘get’ data.

Apr 17, 2025

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8 min read

🪿Orgs that just don‘t ‘get’ data.

How to raise the profile of data in your org.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
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