How to Be a Data Shaman
My late wife, Becky Dearborn, was very interested in Native American culture, art, and mythology. Through her interest, I’ve acquired a good deal of information…
Data Articles
Reimagining Data Preparation for High-Impact Decision-Making
Data often arrives from multiple sources in inconsistent forms, including duplicate entries from CRM systems, incomplete spreadsheet records, and mismatched…
Data Quality: The Hidden Cornerstone of Digital Transformation Success
As organizations rush headlong into digital transformation initiatives, a critical factor often gets overlooked: data quality. In the race to…
The CISO’s Recovery-First Game Plan
Chief information security officers (CISOs) have increasingly incorporated cyber storage resilience into their comprehensive corporate cybersecurity strategy, enabling enterprises to recover data…
Building a Data-Literate Insurance Workforce: Strategies for CDOs
Data literacy has become a critical skill for insurance professionals at all levels. As chief data officers (CDOs) in the…
Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Improve Data Quality in Cloud-Native Data Pipelines
Introduction: Why Data Quality Is Harder Than Ever Data quality has always been important, but in today’s world of cloud-native…
AI Success Isn’t Magic, It’s Built on Data Strategy
AI has moved far beyond the experimental stage. Across industries, organizations are proving that AI can deliver measurable business value when it’s built…
Data Observability vs. Data Quality
Data empowers businesses to gain valuable insights into industry trends and fosters profitable decision-making for long-term growth. It enables firms…
Why BI Competency Centers Matter More Than Ever to Data Governance
As enterprises expand their ambitions for data, analytics, and AI, the Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) is undergoing a quiet…
Who Owns the Data?
In many mid-sized organizations, the real barriers to data maturity aren’t technical — they’re relational. Decisions get delayed. Reports misfire.…