508: Kicking Off Fabric the Right Way

Explicit Measures Podcast · Mar 5, 2026 · 1h 6m

Mike & Tommy tackle the challenge of kicking off Fabric with a clean slate, exploring how to prevent model fragmentation and build a culture of shared semantic models from day one. They discuss whether to rebuild from scratch or incrementally consolidate, why teams resist reusability, and how to establish governance that encourages collaboration without becoming a bottleneck. The episode delivers practical strategies for defining core business entities, creating a semantic model catalog, and building the organizational discipline needed to maintain a true single source of truth.

Starting out…