Beyond the Dashboard | Principle 6: Know Your Tool Stack’s Boundaries
Your stack holds partial truths. Stop chasing one dashboard. Declare sources of authority, document blind spots, and build smart bridges. AI helps only when boundaries are clear. Orchestrate specialists into a federated system so teams decide faster and argue less. Set escalation for conflicts now.
TL;DR (for the confident scroller)
- Your operational data lives in specialized tools. That’s a reality, not a failure.
- The goal isn’t one dashboard to rule them all. It’s a coordinated system where each tool plays its role.
- Every tool has a purpose and blind spots. Your CRM knows the deal, your analytics knows the click, but neither knows the whole story.
- AI can find patterns across tools, but only if you teach it the boundaries of each data source first.
- Stop duct-taping dashboards together. Start building a system of federated clarity.