Build a flexible data foundation #substack #shorts

20 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Vinny O Brien. This content was uploaded by Vinny O Brien. This is a YouTube short titled "Build a flexible data foundation #substack #shorts" (published 2025-11-20). It features a single speaker giving advice about data strategy — emphasizing clean, connected data, agile and flexible systems, and the importance of a strong foundation to leverage technology partners' R&D amid rapid innovation. The clip warns that legacy, disconnected data and systems will be left behind.

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Your data needs to be in a good place. It needs to be clean. Your systems need to be connected. You need to be agile so that you are in a place to take advantage of this constantly changing world. If you are legacy, if you don't know how things work, if your data is terrible and disconnected, you are gonna be left behind. But if your foundation is strong, if you've built process and systems that are agile and flexible, you're able to take advantage of the millions and billions of dollars that your technology partners are putting into research and development, you are going to be okay. You're going to be able to figure it out. Because honestly, the, the rate of innovation that's happening, nobody is able to keep up.