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Active Data Governance Part 3: From Knowing Data Exists to Using It

Active Data Governance Part 3: From Knowing Data Exists to Using It

Discover how Active Data Governance moves governance from static documentation into real-time execution — enabling trusted, governed data products at the exact point decisions are made.

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Data Products Were Supposed To Solve This… So Why Is Business Still Waiting?

Data Products Were Supposed To Solve This… So Why Is Business Still Waiting?

Data products promised accessible, trusted insights for business. So why are most teams still waiting? A look at the gap between promise and practice — and what's holding real value back.

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Active Data Governance — Part 2: What Active Data Governance Actually Means

Active Data Governance — Part 2: What Active Data Governance Actually Means

Active governance moves beyond static documentation, embedding control directly into daily operations. The result: data that's not just cataloged, but trusted, usable, and ready for AI.

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Active Data Governance — Series Part 1: From Knowing Data Exists to Using It

Active Data Governance — Series Part 1: From Knowing Data Exists to Using It

Active Data Governance turns passive policy into real-time, automated control — building quality, security, and trust into every decision, and unlocking a culture where governance empowers.

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Latttice: The Data Product Workbench for Collibra. Activating Governance Where Decisions Are Made

Latttice: The Data Product Workbench for Collibra. Activating Governance Where Decisions Are Made

Latttice transforms governance from passive documentation to active practice — integrating with Collibra to embed trust into every data product, exactly where decisions get made.

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Active Governance in Practice: Why Documentation Alone Will Not Get You to AI Success

Active Governance in Practice: Why Documentation Alone Will Not Get You to AI Success

Documentation alone won't get you to AI. This piece makes the case for active governance — dynamic, embedded, and built to deliver real business value, not just compliance.

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Data Reclaimed: What it Looks Like When You're Close to the Customer

Data Reclaimed: What it Looks Like When You're Close to the Customer

With Lili Marsh: when data sits close to the customer it stops being infrastructure and becomes intimacy — turning raw information into actionable insight that powers a better experience.

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The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 5: The Rebirth, Data Reclaimed

The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 5: The Rebirth, Data Reclaimed

The rebirth of data: from technical burden to strategic asset. Self-serve, governed data products — powered by AI and Zero-Code — finally hand ownership back to the business.

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Data as an Experience: Why the Future of Analytics Lies in Feeling, Not Just Function

Data as an Experience: Why the Future of Analytics Lies in Feeling, Not Just Function

Analytics is shifting from presenting facts to crafting experiences. The future is intuitive, human, and felt — not just functional — making data resonate with everyone who uses it.

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The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 4: From Data as a Product to Data as an Experience

The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 4: From Data as a Product to Data as an Experience

Cameron Price on the shift from data as a static product to data as an experience — designed with empathy, built for clarity, and active in every business decision.

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From Chart to Chat: Why Data Storytelling Begins Before the Dashboard

From Chart to Chat: Why Data Storytelling Begins Before the Dashboard

From static dashboards to conversational AI: why the next era of analytics begins long before the chart, and how moving from chart to chat finally lets the business simply ask.

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At the Crossroads of Change: The Future of Business, AI, and the New Data Roles

At the Crossroads of Change: The Future of Business, AI, and the New Data Roles

AI isn't just another wave — it's redefining work. From AI-driven layoffs to vibe coding, why data engineers must evolve into Data Catalysts, or risk being left behind.

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The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 3: When Did Data Stop Belonging to the Business

The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 3: When Did Data Stop Belonging to the Business

When and why data stopped belonging to the business — and how the rise of the "data priesthood" hollowed out ownership, context, and trust. The next era of data and AI will be defined by empowerment, not centralization.

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The Final Mile: From Data Complexity to Business Clarity

The Final Mile: From Data Complexity to Business Clarity

Latttice completes the data journey — bridging powerful platforms and the business outcomes they were meant to deliver. Shifting focus from the plumbing of data to the people who need the water.

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The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 2: We Industrialized the Plumbing and Forgot the Water

The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 2: We Industrialized the Plumbing and Forgot the Water

Cameron Price on how the obsession with pipelines and platforms left organizations drowning in complexity rather than insight — and why the industry must rebalance from plumbing to outcomes.

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Revolutionizing Data Management: How Data Mesh Drives Innovation

Revolutionizing Data Management: How Data Mesh Drives Innovation

Discover how decentralized data architecture is transforming the way organizations manage and use their data — returning ownership to the business, breaking silos, and turning access into agility, scalability, and innovation.

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Are We Repeating the Hadoop Mistake With Databricks and Snowflake?

Are We Repeating the Hadoop Mistake With Databricks and Snowflake?

History is repeating itself. The same all-in-one promises that defined the Hadoop era now surround Databricks and Snowflake — and so do the risks: lost flexibility, vendor lock-in, and costly migrations. A call to architect for freedom, not just speed.

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The Data Industry: Reactive Firefighting or Strategic Value?

The Data Industry: Reactive Firefighting or Strategic Value?

Data teams are stuck in firefighting mode while trust erodes and business waits. A philosophy problem, not a tech one — and the case for a different path built around the human at the center.

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The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 1: The Day They Merged "Data" and "Engineering" Is the Day the Data Industry Died

The Death and Rebirth of Data — Part 1: The Day They Merged "Data" and "Engineering" Is the Day the Data Industry Died

Cameron Price on the foundational shift that pushed business value to the periphery — when data became an engineering problem instead of a business opportunity, and what it will take to bring the soul back.

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From Data Access to Decisions: Why Data Visualization Can't Solve Your Data Problems

From Data Access to Decisions: Why Data Visualization Can't Solve Your Data Problems

Solving data access inside dashboards leads to fragile, bespoke work that breaks trust. Latttice flips the story — empowering business teams to build governed, reusable data products and converse with their data. Zero-code needed.

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Don't Let Data Be Your AI Blocker

Don't Let Data Be Your AI Blocker

Most enterprises are stuck waiting on their own data before they can even start with AI. Break the cycle: access data in-place, build governed data products in minutes, and launch AI initiatives today — not three years from now.

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The Unstructured Data Bottleneck: Why GenAI Is Finally Breaking Through

The Unstructured Data Bottleneck: Why GenAI Is Finally Breaking Through

80% of enterprise data is unstructured and unused. Cameron Price on how GenAI and Latttice turn PDFs, video, audio and web content into governed, queryable data products — no code required.

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Carrot vs. Stick: Why Performance Outcomes Are the Key to Business Success

Carrot vs. Stick: Why Performance Outcomes Are the Key to Business Success

Forget rewards and penalties. Lili Marsh on why performance outcomes — powered by trusted data and AI-enabled data mesh — are the real engine of results and a thriving workplace culture.

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Noise, Confusion, and the Reality of Data Mesh

Noise, Confusion, and the Reality of Data Mesh

Jessie Moelzer cuts through the noise: wrong leaders, wrong builders, wrong assumptions about source-level quality. A call to reset Data Mesh and re-center the people who actually need data.

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Why Data Contracts Don't Solve Data Quality

Why Data Contracts Don't Solve Data Quality

Contracts promise control, not quality. Why domain-owned, AI-assisted governance finally delivers real business outcomes.

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From Billable Hours to Borrowed Brilliance

From Billable Hours to Borrowed Brilliance

Cameron Price on how AI is exposing the flaws in the consulting model — and why selling time is becoming obsolete.

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The Horse-and-Car Moment for Data Engineering

The Horse-and-Car Moment for Data Engineering

Lili Marsh on the moment data engineering meets its Model T — and the new data leaders rising in its place.

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Data Products Should Not Be Built by Data Engineers

Data Products Should Not Be Built by Data Engineers

Cameron Price on the outdated model that has engineers building dashboards, reports, and products for the business. Free the engineers, empower the domain owners — and let the people closest to the question build the answer.

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No Need to Keep Talking — Latttice Solves Data Chaos

No Need to Keep Talking — Latttice Solves Data Chaos

Jessie Moelzer on the end of data theater. Cut the script — Latttice delivers answers, not delays.

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Data Access Should Be as Simple as Google Search

Data Access Should Be as Simple as Google Search

Jessie Moelzer on the AI shift from querying to conversing — and why finding business data should feel as effortless as asking Chat.

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The AI Mandate: A Comedy of Errors in the Fortune 500

The AI Mandate: A Comedy of Errors in the Fortune 500

Cameron Price on the cycle of empty AI mandates — boardroom directives, consultant theater, and how Fortune 500 boards can finally break free.

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The Simplicity of Creating Data Products with Latttice

The Simplicity of Creating Data Products with Latttice

Lili Marsh on turning data complexity into strategic advantage — solving cost, time and complexity with AI-driven, zero-code data products.

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The Data Leadership Crisis

The Data Leadership Crisis

Cameron Price on why generals fail without battle experience — and the leaders, with scars, who actually deliver real data outcomes.

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Know Your Data, Know Your Business: Move Forward with Confidence

Know Your Data, Know Your Business: Move Forward with Confidence

Lili Marsh on ending silos and bottlenecks — decentralized, AI-driven data ownership that lets business teams act swiftly, confidently and on their own terms.

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Frameworks vs Solutions, Bridging the Divide for Industry Progress

Frameworks vs Solutions, Bridging the Divide for Industry Progress

Cameron Price on the false dichotomy between framework creators and software vendors — and why collaboration, not competition, finally delivers customer outcomes.

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Agentic-Driven Data Mesh: A Shift to Autonomous Data Management

Agentic-Driven Data Mesh: A Shift to Autonomous Data Management

Cameron Price on the next evolution of data management — autonomous AI agents that govern, scale and optimize a decentralized mesh, freeing domain teams to focus on strategy.

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Agile Isn't Dead — It Just Needs the Right Support

Agile Isn't Dead — It Just Needs the Right Support

Jessie Moelzer on why Agile derails in data projects — and how Latttice fixes the access, alignment and quality issues that turn sprints into theater.

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The Data Mesh Dilemma: Centralized vs Decentralized Data Products

The Data Mesh Dilemma: Centralized vs Decentralized Data Products

Lili Marsh on why most 'data mesh' programs are rebranded centralization — and what real, decentralized data products look like in practice.

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Latttice: Empowering Businesses with AI-Driven Data Products

Latttice: Empowering Businesses with AI-Driven Data Products

Lili Marsh on solving the complexity, time and cost of data products — and turning reactive teams into proactive decision-makers in real time.

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Data Architecture: No Longer Has to Choose Between Accuracy and Speed

Data Architecture: No Longer Has to Choose Between Accuracy and Speed

Cameron Price on breaking free from the bimodal IT trap — how decentralized, business-owned data products and Latttice deliver high accuracy and high speed without compromise.

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Latttice: Your Growth Partner in the Age of Data-Driven Business

Latttice: Your Growth Partner in the Age of Data-Driven Business

Lili Marsh on Latttice as more than a tool — democratized access, data mesh principles, AI governance and plain-language insights that scale with the business.

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Unlocking Employee Experience Data with AI-Driven Data Access

Unlocking Employee Experience Data with AI-Driven Data Access

Jessie Moelzer on how Latttice and ChattterBox turn fragmented HR, engagement and wellbeing data into accessible, actionable EX insights — without centralizing it all.

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Latttice Keeps Natural Language Queries Safe From Security Risks

Latttice Keeps Natural Language Queries Safe From Security Risks

Cameron Price on Latttice's layered defences — input validation, SQL guardrails, RBAC/ABAC/FGA, a control plane and continuous monitoring — that keep AI-driven data access safe from prompt injection and misuse.

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Harnessing the Power of Real-Time Data

Harnessing the Power of Real-Time Data

Lili Marsh on how Latttice helps businesses act on live signals — sensing market shifts, customer behavior and operations as they happen, and turning data into the moment of decision itself.

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Why Data Is Every Marketer's Best Friend

Why Data Is Every Marketer's Best Friend

Jessie Moelzer on why data products — owned by marketing, fused across CRMs, ads and analytics, and governed in place — are the secret weapon behind agile, high-impact campaigns.

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Why Crafting Data Into Products Is Essential

Why Crafting Data Into Products Is Essential

Lili Marsh on why turning raw data into domain-owned data products — built without code, governed by design — is mission-critical for marketing, sales, finance and every team in between.

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The Data Catalyst: Shaping the Future of Data-Driven Alliances

The Data Catalyst: Shaping the Future of Data-Driven Alliances

Cameron Price on the Data Catalyst — a new strategic role merging data discipline with domain expertise to lead AI-powered, decentralized transformation and turn data from cost center to growth driver.

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Data Mesh is the Future: What's Stopping Enterprises From Adopting It?

Data Mesh is the Future: What's Stopping Enterprises From Adopting It?

Lili Marsh on the six barriers stalling enterprise Data Mesh — culture, literacy, interoperability, governance, resistance and replacement thinking — and the test-and-learn path through them with Latttice.

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The AI and Zero-Code Revolution

The AI and Zero-Code Revolution

Jessie Moelzer on how AI and zero-code platforms dismantle the global data access bottleneck — empowering business domains without IT queues, vendor lock-in or technical debt.

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The Tenets of Data Products

The Tenets of Data Products

Lili Marsh on the eight tenets behind every successful data product — and how Foundational, Fused and Analytical products turn fragmented data into a complete, actionable view.

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AI and Zero-Code: Catalysts Revolutionizing Data Efficiency and Business Agility

AI and Zero-Code: Catalysts Revolutionizing Data Efficiency and Business Agility

Cameron Price on AI and zero-code as the catalysts that break the barriers of complexity, time and cost — turning data engineers into Data Catalysts and domain owners into real-time decision-makers.

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Time or Money? Why Not Save Both

Time or Money? Why Not Save Both

Jessie Moelzer on ending the time-vs-money trade-off — how Latttice's AI-powered, zero-code data mesh kills restructuring, automates governance and hands data products to domain owners, saving both at once.

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When Data Access Is Solved

When Data Access Is Solved

Cameron Price on what's next when access stops being the bottleneck — how data professionals shift from gatekeepers to strategic enablers, and how enterprises and SMEs cash in the freed-up time.

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Price-Performant Compute: Drastically Reduce Your Modern Data Platform Costs

Price-Performant Compute: Drastically Reduce Your Modern Data Platform Costs

Cameron Price on Price-Performant Compute (PPC) — matching workloads to the right repositories, ending one-warehouse-fits-all spend, and using Latttice as a control plane to dispatch every task to the cheapest fit-for-purpose engine.

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Streamlining the Medallion Architecture: Optimizing Data Transformation

Streamlining the Medallion Architecture: Optimizing Data Transformation

Cameron Price on why Bronze/Silver/Gold risks repeating 30 years of layered-data mistakes — and the four shifts (streamlined ETL, automation & AI, real-time processing, and a true data mesh) that turn the Medallion from pipeline sprawl into business outcomes.

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