Blog posts

A three-part series on Power BI data models, from reviewing one to governing many to letting the business design its own:

What to look for in a data model

October 2026 · A review checklist for Power BI semantic models, grouped by layer, with the reason behind every item: the defects that stop a project opening, the relationship and DAX errors that stay quiet, and the report-layer problems that only show up in someone else’s hands.

One governed model, kept as text

October 2026 · Why a central, governed data model needs a text format, how TMDL turns modeling best practice into something you can review, test, and transfer between models, and the mechanisms that make transfer safe across a fleet.

From business idea to data model, without the queue

October 2026 · How I built modeling knowledge into pbip-model-forge so domain experts can design working data models themselves, shortening the path from business ideation to data-team delivery.

Integration over destination

July 2026 · Why wellness programs, and most tools, fail when they build new destinations and expect people to come, instead of meeting people where their attention already lives. The thinking behind CleanLeaf, generalized to marketing and product design.