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Today´s prompt: The end of broken data systems
Most organisations don’t have a data shortage. They have a data drag problem. Stockpiling data feels productive. It isn’t.
When data volume grows faster than your ability to structure, validate, govern, and reuse it, velocity collapses. Signals get buried. Insights arrive late. AI projects stall. Decisions slow down.
Broken data systems aren’t broken because of technology. They’re broken because data moves slower than the business now demands.
High-velocity data organisations design for flow:
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Shared standards by default
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Governance built into creation, not bolted on later
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Clear ownership from signal to decision
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Architecture optimised for insight, not storage
If data can’t move cleanly from raw signal to action, AI just amplifies the mess.
The CEO Question
Where in your organisation is more data actively making you slower — and who owns fixing that, end to end?
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