AI-Driven Governance: Building an Intelligent Data Enterprise
We’re living in an era of unprecedented AI possibilities. Every day brings new demonstrations of what’s theoretically achievable, from agentic AI systems that can manage complex workflows to natural language interfaces that make data accessible to anyone. Yet for most enterprises, there’s a stark gap between these possibilities and practical reality. The reason isn’t technical […]
AI-Driven Governance: Streamlining Data Discovery with AI Powered Data Cataloguing
The conversation around AI governance has reached a critical inflection point. While many organizations still view governance as a necessary bureaucratic hurdle that slows down innovation, forward-thinking companies are discovering something counterintuitive: AI governance isn’t just about managing risk—it’s about accelerating growth. This shift in perspective represents a fundamental change in how we approach data […]
AI-Driven Governance: Simplifying Data Quality Leveraging AI Capability
Data quality has always been the foundation of successful analytics and AI initiatives, but it’s also been one of the most resource-intensive challenges organizations face. We’ve all heard the statistics: Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data, poor data quality costs organizations millions annually and manual data quality processes simply don’t scale. But […]
Modernize Self-Service Analytics with dbt
Self-service analytics has been the holy grail of data teams for decades. We’ve all heard the promise: Empower business users to answer their own questions without constantly bothering the data engineering team. Yet despite years of investment in tools and training, most organizations are still stuck in what can only be described as the “Wild […]
Stop Waiting on Data: AI Projects Should Start Today
I’m seeing so many people in the data space say that companies need to get their data right before they can do AI (we may even be guilty at times). It is simply wrong. Look, I’m not saying data hygiene isn’t important, but telling people they must eat their vegetables before they can leverage exciting […]
Changing a Crosstab Happy Mindset
In a world of daily technological advances, many business analysts and executives continue to lean on the comfort of their crosstabs as a preferred mode of consuming their corporation’s data. A crosstab, more commonly known as a data table, displays a relationship between two or more variables from a dataset. The table displays summary information […]
AI and The Elephant
Change management is hard. With AI changing our businesses, it’s also crucial. I’ve been thinking about change management lately through the lens of “Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath. If you haven’t read it, the book uses a powerful metaphor: Our rational mind is the Rider, and our emotional side is the Elephant. The Rider […]
Help! One of Our Sigma Connections Was Accidentally Deleted (Asking for a Friend)
“Don’t Panic” The words printed on the cover of Douglas Adams’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ring true in the case of disasters such as this. Luckily, thanks to Sigma’s API, restoring a lost connection does not need to be such a headache. I am going to take you through the steps to restore a […]
InterWorks Believes in People, Not Just AI
Salesforce just made headlines for cutting 4,000 customer service jobs, with CEO Marc Benioff proudly declaring he “needs less heads” now that AI agents handle half their support interactions. Microsoft chopped 15,000 roles this year. Meta cut 3,600. The message from Silicon Valley is clear: Humans are becoming optional in customer support. We respectfully disagree. Don’t […]
The Biggest Pain Points for Data and Analytics Leaders: Tool Selection
In the final part of our series breaking down common data and analytics pain points, we explore tool selection and its impact on your data ecosystem and end users. You can read about other common challenges in our full white paper, but today we’ll be keying in on the figurative nuts and bolts of our […]
