Erik LaRochelle
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Thinking on data strategy, AI leadership, and organizational design.

December 2025
Analytics Pillars Create Information Asymmetry by Design
Organizing analytics teams around business pillars doesn't create alignment. It creates silos with authority over people who can see more than they can.
December 2025
The Case for an AI Portfolio Strategy
The organizations that win in AI aren't the ones who picked the best model. They're the ones who built the architecture to deploy and govern multiple models as the market moves under them.
August 2025
What I Build When the Budget Is Frozen and the Board Still Wants Growth
When headcount is off the table and the business still expects results, the data leader's job is to connect every dollar of analytical work to a number the board already watches.
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