Where Unplanned Time Really Goes — Lior Barak | Data Berlin

The Math of Burnout: Why Your Data Team's Capacity Never Recovers Lior Barak explains why a data team's planned capacity disappears into meetings, support, incidents, and other unplanned work. A live audience exercise measures the gap between planned and real work, then turns one person's week into a team pattern that can guide operational change. The talk closes with audience questions about AI, burnout, team culture, and sustainable capacity. Recorded at Data Berlin in Berlin on 14 October 2026. Data Berlin: https://databerlin.net/ Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:04 The math of burnout 02:02 Planned week vs real week 04:03 Every launch adds upkeep 05:17 Value is not a ticket closed 06:24 Live audience exercise 09:50 How much work was unplanned 11:34 Where unplanned time goes 12:54 One week is a data point 15:56 What Data Really Costs 16:45 Q&A Community recording support Lukas Rieder offers selected community events one day of filming and one day of editing at no charge. Learn more: https://www.lukasrieder.com/blog/givi... Support more free community recordings:   / lukasrieder   #DataTeams #Burnout #DataLeadership #DataEngineering #DataBerlin