The Data Goddess, Author at Sparkline Advisory Ltd

Future-Proofing: Designing Data Pipelines for Ever-Changing Needs

You can have the best dashboard, the clearest definitions, and the most carefully governed dataset — but if your data […]

Mention “data governance” in a meeting and you’ll usually see people brace for impact. It’s not the most exciting phrase,

Data doesn’t just describe what’s happening in our institutions. It also shapes it. What we choose to measure – and

When working with sensitive datasets in Power BI, it’s common to need more than just a “neat” presentation of numbers.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (on phone screen) speaks with the ChatGPT logo in the background – his company is gearing

Once you’ve started making your data more usable and understandable, the next step is knowing whether you’re making progress. That’s

It’s easy to forget that the dashboard is only the end of the journey. If you want meaningful insight, you

“Fit for purpose” is one of those phrases that gets thrown around a lot in data conversations. It sounds sensible.

When I started working with data in higher education, my tools of choice were Excel and Access. My first real

There’s a quiet assumption growing in the sector – that faster, more automated data flows mean we need fewer people