# The real reason your data team is underperforming? You're using them like a d...
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Original URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sebastianhewing_the-real-reason-your-data-team-is-underperforming-share-7423974127574663168-a0fl/
Author: Sebastian Hewing
Platform: linkedin
## Content
The real reason your data team is underperforming? You're using them like a dashboard concierge service. And treating strategy like a synonym for “data stack.” Here’s how most companies use their data team: → To build dashboards no one uses → To build dbt models that collect dust → To chase tool-of-the-month hype → To enforce rules no one understands And leaders wonder why the data team feels burned out and the business still isn’t “data-driven.” Data teams are often treated like: - Internal service desks taking tickets - Janitors cleaning up tech debt - Compliance cops for naming conventions But value comes when you flip the model. Less output, more outcomes. Less dashboards, more decisions. Less data police, more collaboration. Your job as a data leader isn’t to crank out reports faster. It’s to stop the madness and ask: What are we even doing this for? ♻️ Repost if your dbt repo has more models than your stakeholders have questions 👉 And join 3,000+ data leaders who read my free newsletter for weekly tips on outcome-driven data strategy: https://lnkd.in/g6FjCx-u