Currently: agentic AI & Microsoft Fabric at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
Data & AI, from inside the business.
I'm Dan. I build data & AI systems at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa — then write about what worked, what didn't, and what surprised me.
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Featured· March 2026 ·AI & Strategy
Gravity Tax
Success adds mass. Mass adds gravity. Gravity taxes every unit of effort. Three ideas about why most organisations can't close the AI gap.
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The Technical Person at the Business Table →
On leaving management for an IC role inside a commercial business area, what proximity to real problems teaches you, and why agentic AI is about to reshape who builds.
March 2026 · Microsoft Fabric & Power BI
AI-Assisted Semantic Model Development for Power BI and Fabric →
TMDL files turn your semantic model into plain text that GenAI agents can read, write, and extend. Two workflows to start using this today.
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