Brian Farish

Brian Farish

Georgetown, Texas, United States
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I create a bridge between the business side requirements and the IT side…

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  • Is Evil Wisdom Possible?
    Dec 10, 2021

    Is Evil Wisdom Possible?

    I was asked a question the other day that started me thinking and I wanted to leverage the LinkedIn brain trust to get…

    15 Comments
  • Languages and Perspectives
    Nov 29, 2021

    Languages and Perspectives

    Sadly, when camping and staring at a campfire, my mind still seems to wander back to data-related topics. Such was the…

    24 Comments
  • "Speed trumps everything"? - Really?
    May 1, 2017

    "Speed trumps everything"? - Really?

    Two young men are beside a river with their buckets to collect water for their nearby village. Suddenly they hear a…

    4 Comments
  • Urgent vs Important
    Sep 8, 2015

    Urgent vs Important

    “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” - Dwight D.

    2 Comments
  • Tackling Complexity
    Jul 27, 2015

    Tackling Complexity

    The first question that pops into my head when I get tossed a new challenge, be it new job, new project, inherited…

    3 Comments
  • Be HUGE
    Jun 14, 2015

    Be HUGE

    There are countless self-help books filled with acronyms and intialisms to help you remember the key things you must…

    1 Comment
  • Radical Agent of Change ... Picking Your Battles
    Aug 19, 2014

    Radical Agent of Change ... Picking Your Battles

    In the first Radical Agent of Change post the focus was on choosing whether or not to engage a situation. So, the…

  • Office Survival Tips From Low Places
    Aug 14, 2014

    Office Survival Tips From Low Places

    So my basset hound, "Moose" watched me write my last post and was obviously none too impressed with either the process…

  • Radical Agent of Change or "Pain in the... Office"?
    Aug 8, 2014

    Radical Agent of Change or "Pain in the... Office"?

    So, I found myself being tempted to try to make a difference the other day (it usually passes if I wait long enough)…

    48 Comments
  • Data Integration is Like Weight Loss...
    Aug 2, 2014

    Data Integration is Like Weight Loss...

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  • The Consulting Data Obsessive - Solving the Mystery of Being Data Rich and Information Poor

    THE CONSULTING DATA OBSESSIVE combines instruction and best practices with a narrative description of two different approaches to creating Information-Driven organizations.
    "Mycroft Industries" explores the opportunities and challenges facing a data professional trying to retrofit information quality practices into an existing multi-national corporation.
    "The Baker of Baker Street" lays out an approach for starting more or less from scratch with a greenfield Information-Driven enterprise…

    THE CONSULTING DATA OBSESSIVE combines instruction and best practices with a narrative description of two different approaches to creating Information-Driven organizations.
    "Mycroft Industries" explores the opportunities and challenges facing a data professional trying to retrofit information quality practices into an existing multi-national corporation.
    "The Baker of Baker Street" lays out an approach for starting more or less from scratch with a greenfield Information-Driven enterprise effort.

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  • Using the GS Risk Tool to Manage Project Risk

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