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From Chaos to Clarity: Sustaining the Culture of Data Freedom
Sean Quinlivan 31/10/2025 Sean Quinlivan 31/10/2025

From Chaos to Clarity: Sustaining the Culture of Data Freedom

Rules are static. Culture is alive. In this final instalment of the series, we focus on the cultural layer that ensures long-term success of self-service BI.

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Structuring Freedom: Best Practices for Report Builders
Sean Quinlivan 13/10/2025 Sean Quinlivan 13/10/2025

Structuring Freedom: Best Practices for Report Builders

Part three explores specific design and build practices that allow report creators to work freely without overloading the shared semantic model or dragging the capacity to its knees.

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The BI Commons: Lessons from Systems Thinking
Sean Quinlivan 10/10/2025 Sean Quinlivan 10/10/2025

The BI Commons: Lessons from Systems Thinking

We aim to preserve the creativity and speed of self-service BI, while avoiding the chaos that comes from having no rules at all.

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Plato, Democracy, and the Data Delusion
Sean Quinlivan 24/06/2025 Sean Quinlivan 24/06/2025

Plato, Democracy, and the Data Delusion

Plato distrusted democracy because he believed it gave people the illusion of wisdom. I’ve seen dashboards do the same thing.

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