Business Intelligence Archives - Jennifer Stirrup: AI Strategy, Data Consulting & BI Expert

Data Quality Beats DataOps: Why Organisations are Choosing Foundations over Flashiness

December 15, 2025 No Comments

In 2025, organizations are shifting their focus from sophisticated AI tools to enhancing data quality, recognizing that poor data costs them significantly. By investing in foundational data quality, companies can reduce operational costs, accelerate innovation, and mitigate risks. This strategic transition is vital for achieving reliable ROI in AI initiatives.

Why Your Team Needs a Database Design Specification: Purpose, Audience, and Impact

October 23, 2025 No Comments

A comprehensive database design specification is crucial for organisations as it serves as a blueprint for data structure, ensuring alignment among stakeholders. It helps prevent costly redesigns, enhances data quality, supports scalability, and fosters collaboration between teams. Regular updates ensure its relevance. It is ultimately improving business outcomes and reducing development costs for rework.

Beyond Excel: Why Your Business Should Embrace Data Warehousing (and How to Get Buy-In)

September 9, 2025 No Comments

Still relying on Excel for critical business data? Discover the risks, benefits, and practical strategies to help your team transition from spreadsheets to enterprise-grade data warehousing—without losing productivity or control.

Data Breach Lessons: Protecting Sensitive Information

July 20, 2025 No Comments

A UK government data breach exposed sensitive details of 19,000 Afghan nationals due to human error in spreadsheet management. The leak, caused by a hidden tab in an email attachment, jeopardized lives and cost millions. It emphasizes the need for robust data governance and secure systems to protect data as well as humans from making mistakes.

AI Skills Workshop for BI Professionals at PASS 24 Conference in Seattle

June 24, 2024 1 Comment

Advance your Business Intelligence (BI) skills at the PASS 24 conference in Seattle from Nov 4-7 for a workshop entitled: ‘Springboard to Artificial Intelligence from Business Intelligence: AI Skills for BI Professionals.’ This hands-on workshop is tailored for BI professionals with a technical background, focusing on bridging the gap between traditional BI practices and the transformative world of AI.

SAP Datasphere review: turning data from a technical problem to a business data product.

March 29, 2023 No Comments

SAP Datasphere review. In this post, let’s take a look at how SAP Datasphere can help to have a good solid data foundation to turn your data from a technical problem to a business opportunity.

Business Intelligence or Change Management?

November 12, 2022 No Comments

Is your data issue a business intelligence problem… or a change management issue? Can you distinguish these perspectives, or is it differing views on the same thing

Keynote at BI Innovation and Tech Fest, South Africa

September 23, 2022 No Comments

Learn more about the metaverse and analytics, digital transformation, and business intelligence with my keynote at BI Innovation & Tech Fest on 26th- 27th September in-person + live-streamed, in Johannesburg.

Webinar: Founders and Entrepreneurs Guide to setting up a Data Analytics Foundation

March 1, 2022 No Comments

How can founders and entrepreneurs work on producing a data foundation as they scale up? Business metrics guide founders and decision-makers to make the right call to push their ventures towards their goals. In the initial launch of a startup, the focus tends to be on revenue and profits. However, if a startup wants to scale up, it is important to broaden what metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) are monitored at each stage so that they can grow the business by using data instead of just intuition.

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