Joshua spent the earliest parts of his career buried in SQL, only to watch companies hand out dashboards and call it strategy. Teams skim charts to confirm hunches while ignoring what the data actually says. He believes access means nothing without translation. You need people who can turn vague business prompts into clear, interpretable answers.More
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171: Kim Hacker: Reframing tool FOMO, making AI face real work and catching up on AI skills
Tool audits miss the mess. If you’re trying to consolidate without talking to your team, you’re probably breaking workflows that were barely holding together. The best ops folks already know this: they’re in the room early, protecting momentum, not patching broken rollouts. Real adoption spreads through peer trust, not playbooks.More
100: Sara McNamara: Pathfinding via Attribution, AI Tool Evaluation, and Mastery in Communication and Boundary Setting
In the martech landscape, navigating success is like being a skilled dinosaur hunter. Marketers must blend practical data skills and a deep understanding of AI tools, much like a hunter using knowledge and tools to track and understand their prey. Attribution serves as a guide through the wilderness, where balancing tried-and-true methods with new territories is key.More
96: Natalie Miles: Building vs. Buying Martech, the Power of Generalists and Assembling a Composable CDP
Don’t underestimate the role of generalists in martech; they’re your go-to for system-level thinking and breaking down data silos. Building vs buying your tech stack? It’s not black and white; successful setups usually mix both, and including engineers in the decision process is non-negotiable.More