Brian Balfour

I love different opinions!

I don’t know the details about your situation, but it sounds like the data team is more reactive. They are take requests from others and then return an analysis. In that context I agree with you that the responsibility is more on the requestor.

It is a good question. It is a mentality I originally learned from Ken Rudin at Google (former VP Analytics @ Facebook) and one I struggled with at the beginning.

Think of a sales person. They don’t control the budget or decision making of their prospects. Yet it is their job to uncover the problems of their prospects and…

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