You are getting the results you designed for
Hey, data leader, launch into 2025 with a strategy and purpose that can actually measure.
Nov 10th I’m hosting a half-day workshop to help you define and design your success measures.
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I think you should make mistakes.
Here’s why.
The impact of having safe and empowering leadership on your data team means your people get to be creative and courageous with their ideas. And that leads to mistakes.
What do you do with those mistakes?
Analyze the system.
Here are mistakes that could happen:
Pipeline fails because bad code was pushed.
A user reports bug that gets ignored for two weeks.
New easiest data requests get cherry-picked first by team members.
Documentation is 18 months old and unusable.
250 Job applicants, 17 interviews, and no candidate hired.
Errors aren’t the result of malice or vice. They are a result of the system. Humans don’t make mistakes. They behave exactly like the culture, system, and environment prepared them to act.
Mistakes aren’t an issue with the person. They give you unique insights into the failures of the processes, culture, and systems you have at hand.
Your team is getting the exact results (wins and failures alike) your team is designed for.
Want different results? Own the mistakes.
I’m here,
Sawyer
