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2026

  1. 02 / 05The Data Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not WantOn data governance, meaning in use, hammers, towers, and why you cannot govern people you have never talked to.MEANING
  2. 21 / 03If We Can't Agree on "Customer," How Can We Ever Govern Data?We all love to talk about data governance. The frameworks. The policies. The dashboards with fifty shades of data quality.MEANING
  3. 21 / 02When Governance Lives in Memory… and When It Becomes Muscle“If governance has to be re-explained every time, it’s not an operating model. It’s institutional memory, and that doesn’t scale.”GOVERNANCE
  4. 20 / 02Starting the AI Journey: From First Wave to Business-Ready AIYou do not reach 1,000 without doing 1.GOVERNANCE
  5. 13 / 02ATLAN'S Great Data Debate: DATA, Dashboards, AI, and the Fragility of MeaningAI does not hesitate. It does not say, "That depends." It simply responds.MEANING
  6. 07 / 02From Stewardship to Partnership: Why GenAI in Data Governance Is No Longer “The Future”No se puede empezar la casa por el tejado.GOVERNANCE
  7. 04 / 02Lessons from the DAMA ESPAÑA × Gaia-X Hub España webinar on data spacesMEANING
  8. 19 / 01Responsible AI in Times of Chaos: Why Trust Is Not a FeatureWe live in an age of permanent instability.TRUST

2025

  1. 30 / 12Data Are Not UniversalSome time ago, someone told me something that didn’t sound particularly profound at first:MEANING
  2. 20 / 12AI Governance: The Silent Framework That Is Already Changing the Rules of the GameGOVERNANCE
  3. 29 / 10Speed-Dating with AI: The GitHub CopilotBring holy water and a firewall.MEMORY
  4. 30 / 09Speed Dating with AI: Perplexity – The Footnote PrinceCURIOSITY
  5. 24 / 09Speed Dating with AI: ChatGPTAlso, ducks. Always ducks.CURIOSITY
  6. 18 / 09Speed Dating with AI: GrokClaude: Therapy-energy, brings herbal tea and listening skills.CURIOSITY
  7. 02 / 09Speed Dating with AI: Vertex AICURIOSITY
  8. 24 / 08Speed Dating with AI: Shopping AroundYou know you won’t find “the one” if you don’t shop around.CURIOSITY
  9. 19 / 06Why the Smarter AI Isn't the One That PredictsAsking the right question is key to getting the right results.PROXIMITY
  10. 11 / 06Strada Maestra: Lessons from an Italian CurveRaw data doesn't scream; it whispers.MEANING
  11. 05 / 06Emotional Intelligence in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceOr how a six-year-old taught me to walk on ice — and manage data with empathy.PROXIMITY
  12. 30 / 05“Knowing the Ingredients Isn’t Enough” – The Scientific Method According to a Hibiscus MargaritaOne summer in Mallorca, while staying at a friend’s place in Port d’Andratx, I volunteered to make the welcome cocktail. “Let me take care of it — I’ll do Margaritas!”CURIOSITY
  13. 23 / 05To My Friends in Tech: A Letter of AdmirationThere’s a saying that hits hard on days like today: “I could not walk a mile in any of their shoes... by this point, any of their muddy boots.”MEANING
  14. 19 / 05Crisis Management 101: The Morning Everything Went Wrong (and I Survived)Not every lesson comes wrapped in a beautiful memory. Some arrive in full-blown panic mode.MEMORY
  15. 16 / 05"Can I Call You Uncle Too?" On unexpected mentors, timeless advice, and the art of never stopping learningDon't stop learning.PROXIMITY
  16. 13 / 05"TODO EL MUNDO ES UN PAÍS" Everyone is a country… Inspired by Goya’s silent truths"The witch, the stranger, the colleague"...PROXIMITY

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