Even in the AI Era, Communication is the Central Theme
AI is rewriting the rules of analytics. Copilot can pull answers straight from your semantic model and bypass the dashboard entirely. But for all the tech fireworks, the same old […]
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Episode 200: The Road Ahead for Data and AI
Two hundred episodes in, and we’re done with the warm-up! Episode 200 finds Rob flying solo and pulling zero punches on the question everyone’s quietly asking: what’s the future of […]
The “Dobie Moment” (The Awesome Power of AI/CoPilot Frontends – AND a Cautionary Tale)
Most of us have been in the trenches long enough to know when something’s about to flip the script. And brother, we’re standing at the edge of a cliff most […]
The Million-Token Myth and the Magic of Digital Colleagues
AI looks unstoppable… until you hand it a hundred pages of meeting notes. Rob and Justin dig into why context windows and token limits quietly run the show. That “million-token” […]
Semantic Models Give You (and Microsoft) the AI Upper Hand – Plus a History Lesson on Why Frontends Matter
Back in 2010, Tableau beat smarter tools with a better demo. No brain, all charm and the market loved it. Fast-forward to now: same playbook, new costume. The AI dashboard […]
Everything’s Real, Everything Matters, and Everyone Knows It w/ Quadrant Concrete CFO Joseph Graziano
Let’s say your business runs on sun, sweat, and schedule precision. You’ve got crews in the field, materials that don’t wait, and about 90 minutes to get it right before […]
It’s Time to Start Giving Power BI CoPilot a Serious Look (For End User Interaction)
It started as a side project. Rob Collie built a Power BI model for his rec league hockey team. Just for fun. Just to see what the data could say. […]
Connecting AI to Your Company’s Internal Information
AI wants your data, but it can’t handle the truth . . . “We’ll just plug our data into ChatGPT.” Sure. Sounds easy. Rob thought so too, right up until […]
An Inflection Point in AI? Understanding MCP and Multi-Agent
For a while, you could pretend AI was still a someday problem. Not anymore. Rob Collie and Justin Mannhardt are back, and this time they are tackling Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) and […]
Confessions of a Data Gener w/ Sakiko Stickley
Sakiko Stickley joins Raw Data to share a story that is part inspiration, part revelation, and a whole lot of truth-telling. From the first moment she discovered Power Pivot, Sakiko […]
The Biggest Improvements Announced at FabCon, and the Ever-Widening Gap Between Adoption and Capabilities
What’s the value of a long-awaited feature? Well, that depends. Have you ever tried explaining a fiscal calendar that doesn’t believe in months? This week, Rob Collie and Justin Mannhardt […]
Data, Data, and Metadata: Letting ChatGPT Interpret Power BI Output
What happens when you hand off your Power BI output to ChatGPT and ask it to make sense of your world? You might be surprised. This week, Rob shares a […]