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Do your dashboards show activity — but not improve decisions? Do leaders still argue about whose numbers are right? Do your analytics teams produce reports, while business teams continue to make decisions from instinct, urgency, or old habits? And as AI becomes a boardroom priority, are you confident your data foundation is ready — or are you building ambition on top of uncertainty? This is where many organizations get stuck. They have data. They have dashboards. They may even have analytics teams. But they are not yet converting that capability into better decisions, stronger governance, or scalable AI readiness. The real question is not, “Do we have enough data?” The better question is: Is our data helping the business make clearer, faster, and more accountable decisions? The Data, Analytics & AI Readiness Sprint is designed for leaders who want to move beyond reporting activity and build a stronger bridge between analytics, governance, decision-making, and AI adoption. Across the sprint, we review your current data maturity, analytics usage, decision flows, governance gaps, reporting pain points, AI readiness, and the path from dashboards to decision intelligence. We look at where dashboards are being used — and where they are being ignored. Where KPI logic is clear — and where it creates confusion. Where ownership is strong — and where unclear accountability weakens trust. Where analytics can support better decision rhythms. And where AI use cases are realistic given your current data quality, processes, people, and operating model. You will walk away with a data and analytics maturity diagnosis covering dashboards, decision usage, ownership, quality, and trust. You will also have a governance and accountability gap map, an analytics-to-decision framework, an AI-readiness view for your data teams, and a prioritized enablement roadmap with quick wins, sequencing, stakeholder narrative, and executive recommendations. The sessions move from current reality to practical action: Session 1 reviews your current data and analytics landscape. Session 2 clarifies business questions, KPI logic, and decision needs. Session 3 identifies governance, ownership, quality, and trust gaps. Session 4 examines analytics operating model and stakeholder usage. Session 5 assesses AI readiness and prioritizes relevant use cases. Session 6 builds the roadmap, sequencing, and executive narrative. This is not about creating more dashboards. It is about making data useful where leadership decisions actually happen. Because the next stage of analytics maturity will not come from more reports alone. It will come from trusted data, clear ownership, sharper business questions, disciplined decision rhythms, and an AI roadmap built on reality rather than aspiration.
- A data and analytics maturity diagnosis covering dashboards, decision usage, ownership, quality, and trust.
- A governance and accountability gap map showing where unclear ownership is weakening analytics value.
- An analytics-to-decision framework that links KPIs, business questions, and decision rhythms.
- An AI-readiness assessment for data teams, including use-case fit, quality risks, and operating implications.
- A prioritized enablement roadmap with sequencing, quick wins, stakeholder narrative, and executive recommendations.
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
I work with clients by starting with clarity, not assumptions. Whether the challenge is a career transition, a leadership inflection point, a technology decision, or an organizational transformation, my first task is to understand what is really going on beneath the surface. Often, the visible issue is only a symptom. The real constraint may be unclear priorities, weak alignment, outdated operating rhythms, gaps in leadership identity, or decisions that have not yet been made with enough precision. My approach combines structured inquiry, real-world executive experience, and practical strategy. I do not believe in generic frameworks, motivational advice, or one-size-fits-all playbooks. Each engagement is shaped around the client’s context, goals, constraints, and stage of growth. Together, we diagnose the real pattern, challenge assumptions, surface blind spots, and translate insight into action. For individuals, that may mean strengthening leadership presence, reframing career value, or navigating the shift from technical expertise to strategic influence. For organizations, it may mean aligning leadership, clarifying decision rights, strengthening operating models, or turning transformation intent into executable movement. The work is both rigorous and human. There is strategic structure, but also space for reflection, identity shifts, trust-building, and the deeper leadership work required for lasting change. The goal is not just to create a plan. The goal is to help clients see clearly, decide wisely, and move forward with confidence.
- Preparation: Clients are expected to share relevant context, documents, role descriptions, profiles, business material, or questions at least 24 hours before the session where applicable. For diagnostic-led packages, the client should complete the relevant JRDN diagnostic before the first session and share the result or key observations. - Confidentiality: All coaching and advisory conversations are confidential, except where disclosure is required by law or platform policy. - Scope: Coaching and advisory recommendations are strategic and developmental in nature. They do not constitute legal, financial, therapeutic, tax, or investment advice. - No guaranteed outcomes: Career moves, promotions, job offers, funding, business growth, AI adoption, transformation outcomes, partner-tier movement, or executive buy-in cannot be guaranteed. The work creates clarity, readiness, positioning, and practical next steps. - Deliverables: Packages include live sessions, light notes, and agreed action points. Detailed written reports, implementation documents, architecture designs, offsite facilitation, or extended document reviews are outside scope unless separately agreed. - Client responsibility: The client is responsible for acting on recommendations, completing reflection work, and making final career or business decisions. - Platform terms: Leland's own cancellation, payment, refund, and platform policies apply in addition to these package terms.
Services included:
AI Fundamentals
Reporting & Insights
Data Cleaning & Prep
AI Model Evaluation
Data Visualization
Data Strategy
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Joined January 2026
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Transform Data with AI | Ex-AWS Leader in Cloud & Analytics
I led cloud, data, and analytics work at AWS, the engine room where AI actually gets built and put to use. I understand both the technical reality and the business expectations sitting on top of it, and the tension professionals in this field live with between the two. If you work in data and AI, I can help you connect your technical depth to the outcomes leaders care about, decide where to specialize as the field moves quickly, and step into leadership without leaving the substance behind. I won't be teaching you the tools you already know. My focus is the judgment, communication, and career strategy that turn strong data and AI skills into senior influence, backed by real cloud and analytics leadership and ICF-ACC coaching craft.
6h of coaching