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Strategies for leading data capabilities effectively

Leadership

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πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What the hell is a data strategy?

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What the hell is a data strategy?

PLUS! Check out my new look newsletter!

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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πŸ’° Margin call.

Nov 20, 2025

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9 min read

πŸ’° Margin call.

Why data leaders should embrace an entrepreneur's mindset.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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 πŸ—³οΈ Is democracy all that?

Nov 6, 2025

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10 min read

πŸ—³οΈ Is democracy all that?

When data democratisation becomes a liability.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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πŸŒͺ️ Caught in a vicious cycle

Oct 23, 2025

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11 min read

πŸŒͺ️ 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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βš”οΈ You've had your arms chopped off.

Oct 16, 2025

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10 min read

βš”οΈ You've had your arms chopped off.

The 5 key challenges holding data leaders back.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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πŸ›£οΈ On a road to nowhere?

Oct 9, 2025

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11 min read

πŸ›£οΈ On a road to nowhere?

Getting intentional about our data careers

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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πŸ’° Show them the money.

Apr 3, 2025

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7 min read

πŸ’° Show them the money.

How data teams can demonstrate value to leadership.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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☠️ Delegate or die.

Oct 3, 2024

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8 min read

☠️ Delegate or die.

Why failure to step back is killing your career.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Why we must test!

Sep 26, 2024

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5 min read

Why we must test!

Building a culture of experimentation

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

Why Data Leadership Requires Managing Up, Too!

Sep 5, 2024

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7 min read

Why Data Leadership Requires Managing Up, Too!

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Why many data leaders find themselves at a career crossroad

Aug 29, 2024

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7 min read

Why many data leaders find themselves at a career crossroad

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

Becoming a Data Leader and how to not suck at it.

Aug 15, 2024

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6 min read

Becoming a Data Leader and how to not suck at it.

From data doer to data boss

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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β€œHope is not a strategy.”

Aug 8, 2024

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5 min read

β€œHope is not a strategy.”

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Selling Dataset. Maximising data team influence through internal promotion.

Jul 26, 2024

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7 min read

Selling Dataset. Maximising data team influence through internal promotion.

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’» To code or not to code.... that is the question...

Jul 5, 2024

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6 min read

πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’» To code or not to code.... that is the question...

...for anyone in data leadership

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

What's troubling data leaders these days?

Jun 29, 2024

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7 min read

What's troubling data leaders these days?

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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We need to hear more data success storiesπŸ†

Jun 13, 2024

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3 min read

We need to hear more data success storiesπŸ†

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Data is the business of business!

Jun 1, 2024

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5 min read

Data is the business of business!

Up and to the right πŸ“ˆ

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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AI FOMO is at fever pitch!

May 23, 2024

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3 min read

AI FOMO is at fever pitch!

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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How to be a data avocado πŸ₯‘

May 16, 2024

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7 min read

How to be a data avocado πŸ₯‘

I'll bet you're dying to know!

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Near enough IS good enough when it come to data.

May 1, 2024

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3 min read

Near enough IS good enough when it come to data.

I love making up stats...

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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The Data Promised Land  - Being Data Driven ✨

Apr 4, 2024

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6 min read

The Data Promised Land - Being Data Driven ✨

Cringe Alert: "We're data driven..."

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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And another thing data leaders suck at...

Mar 28, 2024

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5 min read

And another thing data leaders suck at...

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Data is NOT a service desk. Transitioning Data Teams to Strategic Partners

Mar 6, 2024

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6 min read

Data is NOT a service desk. Transitioning Data Teams to Strategic Partners

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns

Leadership

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Data Leadership Challenges I Failed At So You Don't Have To! PART III

Feb 14, 2024

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5 min read

Data Leadership Challenges I Failed At So You Don't Have To! PART III

Avoiding the mistakes I made as a data leader!

Tristan Burns
Tristan Burns
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