The human protocol
EASE.
The human protocol for data products in the agentic era.
FLUID compiles the data. EASE compiles the people.
Four phases — Educate, Activate, Shape, Embed — that turn a domain from passenger into operator.
The four phases
Educate. Activate. Shape. Embed.
One protocol for people. The centre of gravity shifts phase by phase — from our kitchen to yours — until your domains run the line themselves.
Educate
Chef teaches the room
Activate
Chef cooks with one
Shape
Cook leads, chef coaches
Embed
Chef has left the kitchen
The centre of gravity shifts as the kitchen learns to run itself — ● chef ○ domain.
- Phase 1 E
Educate
Mise en place. Get the room agreed before the heat goes on.
Shared vocabulary. What is — and isn't — a data product. Decompose a real use case backwards. The Periodic Table mapped to your sector. The eCoE leads; domain SMEs are guests in the kitchen.
You walk out with A shared map, a queue of candidate data products, and an aligned room.
- Phase 2 A
Activate
First service. The thin slice goes out the door.
The first thin-slice data product in production. One use case live. The eCoE pairs with the domain DPO and Steward — same atomic identity as the eventual full product: same primary key, same contract, fewer protons.
You walk out with One data product in production, one use case live, a DPO and Steward appointed.
- Phase 3 S
Shape
The line is running. Many meals from one kitchen.
Three to five data products live. Peer-reviewed designs. Reuse credits — producing domains earn from consuming domains. Quality gates that hold. The domain DDO leads; the eCoE consults on request.
You walk out with A working portfolio, a reuse economy, and a domain DDO running the squad.
- Phase 4 E
Embed
The kitchen runs itself. Chef gone. Dinner served.
Twenty-plus products. Decentralised. The platform self-serves. Agentic access by default, compliance by design. New data products are designed in the domains, by the domains, with no eCoE in the room.
You walk out with Data-mesh-at-scale, and the eCoE freed for the next horizon.
Who runs the kitchen
The cast, in plain words.
EASE moves accountability into the business. These are the roles it builds — owned by your domains, not by us.
- Domain
- A business area that owns its data end to end — Sales, Network, Finance.
- eCoE
- Enterprise Center of Excellence — the central team that carries the method and transfers it into the domains.
- DDO
- Domain Data Officer — accountable for a domain's whole portfolio of data products.
- DPO
- Data Product Owner — owns one data product: its contract, quality and consumers. (Not a Data Protection Officer.)
- Steward
- Data Steward — curates meaning, quality and policy for the data, day to day.
Why two protocols, not one
Two protocols. One substrate.
FLUID compiles the data into governed, agent-ready products. EASE compiles the people who own them. They are designed to run together — in your domain, with your team.
Compile the data with FLUID. Compile the people with EASE. The two are designed to run together.
The capability matrix
What changes, phase by phase.
A methodology, not a slogan. Ownership, output and governance move on a known curve — so you always know which phase you're in and what "done" looks like.
| Capability | Educate | Activate | Shape | Embed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who leads | eCoE leads · SMEs guest | eCoE + domain DPO pair | Domain DDO leads | Domain owns · eCoE gone |
| Data products live | 0 — mapped & ranked | 1 thin-slice in prod | 3–5 in production | 20+ across domains |
| Ownership triad | Candidates identified | DPO + Steward appointed | DDO running the squad | Federated DDO/DPO/Steward |
| Vocabulary & design | Shared map built | Contract + primary key set | Peer-reviewed designs | Designed in-domain, no eCoE |
| Reuse & economics | Queue prioritised | One use case live | Reuse credits in operation | Reuse economy at scale |
| Governance & agents | Standards introduced | Quality gates seeded | Gates that hold | Compliance by design · agentic |
Educate
- Who leads
- eCoE leads · SMEs guest
- Data products live
- 0 — mapped & ranked
- Ownership triad
- Candidates identified
- Vocabulary & design
- Shared map built
- Reuse & economics
- Queue prioritised
- Governance & agents
- Standards introduced
Activate
- Who leads
- eCoE + domain DPO pair
- Data products live
- 1 thin-slice in prod
- Ownership triad
- DPO + Steward appointed
- Vocabulary & design
- Contract + primary key set
- Reuse & economics
- One use case live
- Governance & agents
- Quality gates seeded
Shape
- Who leads
- Domain DDO leads
- Data products live
- 3–5 in production
- Ownership triad
- DDO running the squad
- Vocabulary & design
- Peer-reviewed designs
- Reuse & economics
- Reuse credits in operation
- Governance & agents
- Gates that hold
Embed
- Who leads
- Domain owns · eCoE gone
- Data products live
- 20+ across domains
- Ownership triad
- Federated DDO/DPO/Steward
- Vocabulary & design
- Designed in-domain, no eCoE
- Reuse & economics
- Reuse economy at scale
- Governance & agents
- Compliance by design · agentic
How to get started
EASE in a single
working day.
Walk in with your sector map. Walk out with your first data product designed, drafted, and ready for build. We'll tell you in 30 minutes whether we can help.