The conventional BI interface shown in the post is Metabase, which has one of the better interfaces for doing BI out there today. Metabase also has the ability to see the GUI-generated SQL for a question, and convert that question into pure SQL, which is a great way to move from self serve to governance as it's easy to modify and validate the logic and give less technically skilled people an easy route towards improving their skills.
The post is fundamentally correct though, and I say this as a professional data person, a BI tool rarely gives more people correct understanding of the data or the technical skills needed to use it correctly. If your data is well managed, the tools are easy and people can figure things out, but the world is complicated, so your data will become complicated, and the cost of data management is very visible while the benefits are invisible.
The post is fundamentally correct though, and I say this as a professional data person, a BI tool rarely gives more people correct understanding of the data or the technical skills needed to use it correctly. If your data is well managed, the tools are easy and people can figure things out, but the world is complicated, so your data will become complicated, and the cost of data management is very visible while the benefits are invisible.