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Ops Insights #088 - Data Trust, Start with Duplicates
Fundraising leaders often say to me, "Our data is a mess." They are really saying something deeper. They do not trust the data. Which means they do not trust the decisions coming from it. I see this pattern across teams raising $2M to $25M. Reports are pulled but questioned. Lists are built but triple checked. Metrics are shared but not fully believed. So teams create workarounds. Spreadsheets, side systems, manual tracking. Over time, the database becomes a system of record but not a system of truth.