Subject: L&D Budget Request: Data Gibberish

Hi [Manager's Name],

I'd like to expense a year of Data Gibberish. It’s a publication on how a data team gets out of constant urgent fixes and gets its work seen by the people who fund it.

The author is a Head of Data Engineering, with 16+ years in tech. He writes for data people who can already do the technical work and are now judged on what they decide, what they say and whom they can persuade.

I believe this will directly support my impact on the team and align with our broader goal

The annual plan comes with his digital twin, a Notion library of 100+ tools, a 50-page guide for aspiring leaders, the recordings of his course, Show & Tell sessions, and new articles, and resource.

This resource covers the part of my job beyond the technical work, which is prioritising requests and saying "not now" in a way that holds, delivering projects in steps, and getting buy-in from people outside the team.

I'll share what I use in out channels.

One payment of $179 through Substack covers the year. If more of us want it, there's a team rate of $149 a seat a year for 3 or more seats, bought as a group subscription .

You can check datagibberish.com if you'd like to read some articles first. Can I go ahead?

Thanks for considering,

[Your Name]

If your manager says yes, subscribe for the year at datagibberish.com/subscribe.