Expertise is leverage

A client hops on the call with me.

"I've been trying to figure out this data issue for a couple of weeks, can you help?"

30 minutes later we mapped a key pattern to solve the challenge.

She sighed and said, "Whew, that seemed really easy".

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Was it actually easy?

Depends on who’s doing it.

Expertise is leverage.

Expertise can make things that are wildly difficult for one person, seemingly easy for another. The fastest way to solve is a problem is by accessing the right expertise.

How long would it take me to replace AC unit at my house? Days. How long for an expert? Hours.

The right tools, equipment. right expertise and experience creates leverage.

I talk with data leaders every week. They share their key challenges with me. Over time, I see patterns from their success and failure. Similar themes constantly come up.

• “Leadership doesn’t support any data initiatives”

• “I can’t get past the noise of all the data things people are asking for”

• “Stakeholders are impossible to please”

• “My goal of building out a new data platform is taking forever because the business has so many data request”

• “Every time I got to leadership to ask for more head count I get ignored.”

• “My leadership isn’t technical. They won’t even try to understand what I’m working on”

These are the messages I get weekly in my inbox.

They seem like huge challenges. And they are.

Until you apply leverage.

Getting the right expertise, at the right time, saves you time, money and sanity.

I’m here,

Sawyer