Updated February 25, 2026
Headless AI Agents Are Already Here and They’re Where the ROI IsMost enterprise AI conversations still center on prompts, whether through chat interfaces, copilots, or question-answer workflows. But the highest-value AI agents don’t wait for someone to ask a question. They monitor signals, detect thresholds, and trigger actions. These are headless…
Updated February 10, 2026
AI Governance Isn’t Theoretical Anymore: What Enterprise Leaders Are Actually AskingAI governance discussions used to center on frameworks and theoretical risk scenarios. This month’s TDWI webinar with Cal Al-Dhubaib, head of AI and data science at Further, revealed the many ways in which theory has moved to the practical. As…
Updated December 9, 2025
From Governance to Guidance: The Next Phase of AI ReadinessAI Adoption Has Outpaced AI Readiness Every enterprise I talk to right now is chasing the same goal: operationalizing AI agents and agentic analytics. The enthusiasm is there. The budgets are there. The pilots are running. But the confidence? That's…
Updated September 9, 2025
Why 95% of Generative AI Pilots Are Failing and How to Actually Fix ItThe Harsh Reality: AI Pilots Are Stalling MIT’s NANDA initiative recently published a study showing that “the 95% failure rate for enterprise AI solutions represents the clearest manifestation of the GenAI Divide.” For executives betting big on AI, that number…
Updated August 21, 2025
Retail Analytics Solutions: How to Eliminate Data Silos and Conflicting ReportsA Fortune 50 home improvement retailer with 2,200+ stores was drowning in data chaos. Finance reported one margin number. Store operations had another. Marketing's revenue figures never matched either department. The reconciliation process? A grueling 2-3 weeks of manual Excel…
Updated March 20, 2025
Semantic Layers in Data Strategy: Enabling Governance and DemocratizationRecently, I had the opportunity to join the EDM Council webinar, Semantic Layers in Data Strategy: Enabling Governance and Democratization, alongside industry experts, including Morgan Templar, Chief Executive Officer at First CDO Partners, and Leigh Pence, Data Governance Senior Tech…
Updated November 21, 2024
New Approach to Governance: Reliability, Relevance, and Integrity – How Semantic Layers Ensure Accuracy and Consistency Across UsersIn today's data-driven world, organizations are inundated with vast amounts of data generated from countless sources. The challenge lies in managing this data deluge and ensuring its reliability, relevance, and integrity. A promising solution to this challenge is implementing a…
Updated February 1, 2024
From Data Products to Analytics ProductsThis post was written by Donald Farmer. Donald Farmer is a seasoned data and analytics strategist, with over 30 years of experience designing data and analytics products. He has led teams at Microsoft and Qlik Technologies and is now the…
Updated August 3, 2023
Harnessing the Power of the Semantic Layer for FinOps MasteryIn the world of Finance Operations, or FinOps, the focus is on striking a balance between cost efficiency and fostering speed and innovation. FinOps refers to a financial management practice involving cross-functional teams to manage cloud consumption and costs. This…
Updated June 15, 2023
A Federated Data Model Governance Approach: Insights from Data LeadersI hosted another round of interviews with data leaders about how they deliver AI and BI for their organizations. We discussed the combining of data fabric and data mesh, the hub-and-spoke approach, and the future of a federated model for…
