Data Patterns

Leverage Points and Where to Find Them

Four case studies of finding leverage points that dramatically improve businesses with minimum effort

Dec 20 • Ergest Xheblati

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Tinkering Without Permission

How to cultivate more luck in your career

Dec 6 • Ergest Xheblati

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November 2025

The Most Useful, Timeless Skill to Learn as a Data Professional

How to have a long, impactful career in data

Nov 29 • Ergest Xheblati

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Every data request must have a clear path to the goal of the organization

Why understanding the organization’s goal is the key to aligning all data work.

Nov 15 • Ergest Xheblati

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October 2025

September 2025

Is Analytics Just a Growth Function?

Aren't we all just "growth hackers?"

Sep 27 • Ergest Xheblati

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August 2025

What I've learned designing data systems

Notes on data system design, IFTT data architectures and functional data engineering

Aug 31 • Ergest Xheblati

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Will AI Replace Data and Analytics Engineers?

What's happening to data and analytics engineering work?

Aug 16 • Ergest Xheblati

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Designing Interactive Metric Trees

A case study with Sergey Korney of Brightly Software

Aug 2 • Ergest Xheblati

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July 2025

Lift and Shift Rarely Works

Rethink your data strategy instead

Jul 19 • Ergest Xheblati

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The Art of Business Analysis - Part 2

How to 10x the Performance of a Business

Jul 5 • Ergest Xheblati

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June 2025

The Art of Business Analysis - Part 1

Building your first metrics tree

Jun 21 • Ergest Xheblati

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