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Rethinking Data Systems: A Call for Accountability

24 Monday Aug 2026

Posted by Martyn Rhisiart Jones in dark data, data architecture, Data governance, data hub, Data Lake, data management, data mesh, data science, Data Supply Framework, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing

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Ask Martyn, data systems and accountability, how not to waste money on data

Pip: Good Strategy Rebellion — where the sacred cows of Silicon Valley come to be skewered, preferably with footnotes.

Mara: Today we’re in the territory Martyn Jones has been carving out: a full-scale critique of data architecture hype, the case against fashionable frameworks, and a defence of the unglamorous systems that actually work.

Pip: Coherence over chaos, basically. Let’s start with the bonfire.

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