Building data-science pipelines on shifting sands

There is a joke that was told to me over twenty years ago when I did my first stint working for Cambridge University, which went roughly like: Q: How many Cambridge Dons does it take to change a lightbulb? A: CHANGE??!? I guess any institution that has been around longer than a lot of nations will get a reputation for being resistent to change, but in fact most people I know at the university are naturally progress focussed, which is the point of research and wanting to teach the next gener...