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July 14, 2026
Agents will not run your data governance program — most of governance is a committee, not a computer. What they will do is the mundane discoverability work: cataloguing models, surfacing ambiguous definitions, and making lineage human-readable.
July 7, 2026
"I built 35 reports this year." "Did anyone look at them?" Mike and Tommy dig into measuring app usage properly — active users over a rolling window rather than raw opens, tied to the business outcome the app was supposed to move.
July 2, 2026
A mailbag question about 30-60-90 day AI plans turns into an honest accounting of why organizations are stuck: IT doesn't know what an agent is, nobody has bought into the value yet, and there is essentially no training. Mike and Tommy separate AI strategy from AI theater and each give a real 30-60-90.
June 30, 2026
Executives run on hunches and twenty years of experience, and "increase revenue" is too fuzzy to build a report against. Mike and Tommy cover how to get leadership and the BI team speaking the same language — plus Microsoft's new report-authoring skills and a request for an AI folder in semantic models.
October 8, 2025
Mike and Tommy follow up on their subscriptions episode with listener feedback and real-world use cases. They explore creative ways to use Power BI subscriptions for driving adoption, delivering data to non-technical users, and automating report distribution.
September 25, 2024
In this episode, Mike and Tommy are joined by Seth Bauer to break down three common Microsoft Fabric adoption scenarios—when leadership wants it now, when decision-makers are on the fence, and when the org is starting from scratch. You’ll leave with a practical way to frame the conversation, identify the right “Avengers team,” and define what success looks like in the first 30–90 days.
February 28, 2024
A BI rollout isn’t finished when the report ships. The team wraps up Microsoft’s implementation planning series with practical guidance on training, support, feedback, and monitoring adoption.
February 2, 2024
It's mailbag time. In Ep. 290, Mike, Tommy, and Seth answer listener questions on adopting Power BI in a Google/BigQuery environment, surviving terminology changes like 'dataset' to 'semantic model', and balancing process vs. technology as tools evolve.
September 27, 2023
Ep. 253 answers a mailbag question every org is about to face: will Microsoft Fabric’s bigger toolbox overwhelm business users—or can you introduce it without killing self-service momentum? Mike, Tommy, and Seth share practical rollout language, guardrails, and adoption patterns that keep Power BI approachable.
August 25, 2023
Most orgs aren’t short on data—they’re short on agreement and follow-through. In Ep. 244, Mike, Tommy, and Seth break down what ‘data-driven’ really looks like: decisions tied to metrics, shared definitions, and a feedback loop that turns insight into action.
August 16, 2023
Ep. 241 covers a practical Dataflows Gen2 approach to build history over time—and a bigger lesson: solving data problems means addressing technical, business, and adoption realities (not just shipping a clever automation).
August 11, 2023
Ep. 240 is a reminder that ‘the art of the possible’ isn’t just flashy dashboards—real Power BI/Fabric value comes from automation, clarity on the business outcome, and designing for adoption.
June 28, 2023
In Ep. 227, Mike, Tommy, and Seth explore what Fabric adoption really requires: governance, ownership, and cost visibility—not just new tech. They debate OneLake discoverability and the ‘lakehouse per dataset’ question, then land on a practical distinction: data quality is the condition of your data, while data governance is the operating model that keeps it trustworthy.