A field journal on data, AI & the craft of governance

GiGi Levens.

Domain architect and data enthusiast. Microsoft-deep, vendor-neutral, and reluctantly pragmatic about Copilot.

I build on the Microsoft data stack — and most of the hard problems turn out to be people problems wearing a tech costume.

13+
Years working in data
130
Pieces of writing
6
Stable topic threads
1
Strong opinion on Copilot defaults
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Topics 2013 — present
Seven beats, one obsession

Most of my writing orbits the same question: does this actually help the people using it?

Seven disciplines and the tools inside each — the number is how many pieces each holds. Click any to filter the archive.

Threads I keep pulling

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