Why 90% of Data Teams Are Failing at Data Modeling

NOTE - Sorry for the edits in this video. I used Descript to edit out the umms and uhhs, and it was a bit too aggressive. Will make it less jarring in future videos. Thanks.

Walking around Salt Lake City, I break down results from the April 2026 data modeling survey: 90% of respondents have a modeling pain point, and only 4.8% think better tools would fix it. We cover physical vs. logical modeling, semantic layers, and Reis's Law.

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