## Metadata - Author: [[jason-ganz|Jason Ganz]] - Full Title:: The Space Between Data Dogmatism and Data Nihilism - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Data team vision and mission|Data Team Vision And Mission]], - URL:: https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/the-space-between-data-dogmatism - Finished date:: [[2024-08-04]] ## Highlights > A good data leader can create well defined constructs that map your business and allow you to understand the mechanics of your organization. > But a great data leader needs to know how to do this while also balancing the unquantifiable, the unmodelable, the easy to miss, subtle but important ways that metrics can mislead. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j4fbqw1tek3a2gezerb8494r)) > When we don’t feel like we can create mappings that fully capture the complexity or nuance of the world. Like the whole endeavor is doomed from the start. > But the fact of the matter is that we only know that narrow data driven optimization doesn’t work … because of our data systems. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j4fbt52dc6wp9s29y0dv4a4h))