Where your data team sits matters more than the code they write

AI Briefing

• – Data team placement is not just about technical chops, but about aligning incentives across the company and defining the company's truth.
• – Where a data team sits on the org chart is a statement about which reality the company wants to live in and can shape the company's culture and incentives.
• – The placement of a data team has nothing to do with hierarchy, but rather with power, protection, and the kind of truth the company is willing to defend.