All in the Data: Ways to Improve Your Data
Imagine what it would be like if your data was perfect. By perfect I mean fit for use and high…
Data Columns
Data Value Chain: Analysis-Enable Data Products
In 2021, there were many new use cases that came to life and became viable “data products” due to focus…
The Book Look: Data Literacy
With everyone talking about becoming more data literate, it’s a wonder that there are no books on data literacy –…
Data’s Gender Gap: Marginalized By Data Collection
This column has looked at the variety of ways in which data is harmfully gender segregated and neglects to accurately…
Data is Risky Business: Data Quality Discussion about Data Ethics
The Data Ethics Conundrum The recent DAMA EMEA conference was a valiant effort to connect the DAMA membership in the…
Through the Looking Glass: Data Discovery, Learned Machines, and Strange Loops
Recently I had the privilege of taking part in a panel discussion about Data Discovery with several distinguished colleagues from…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric Accounting
I didn’t set out to rewrite the rules of accounting. It just sort of happened. It is a tale of…
Zen and The Art of Data Maintenance: Ways Data Pros Can Help the Environment
“The earth does not belong to man. Man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that…
Data Management 20/20: Governing Data from Business Motivation to Behavior
Recently, I was working with a colleague on a data governance project. When it came to defining the data governance…
The Art of Lean Governance: Attack Bureaucratic Bloat in Data Governance
As proponents of Lean Thinking, we view corporations as data factories that produce information for operations, reporting, and financial modeling.…