Zen and The Art of Data Maintenance: Data, Politics, and Polarization
An angry mob outside government buildings killed people because of political disagreement. This mob represented one political party and their…
Data Columns
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Extend the Impact of Enterprise Data through Partnerships
This quarter’s column is written by Ted Sienknecht, PMP, CISSP, who is a Principal Architect for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) at…
Data Professional Introspective: Enterprise Data & EDM Strategy Pt 1
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the goals and objectives of an Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Program and…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Three Key Aspects of Data Governance
In October 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced a $400 million civil monetary penalty against…
All in the Data: Never a “Right” Time for Data
Several years ago, I wrote an article called the Data Governance Bill of “Rights.” I also speak often about my…
The Book Look: Data Storytelling for Data Management
Sometimes I like to read a book purely for pleasure, like a good Dan Brown or Stephen King novel, and…
Data’s Gender Gap: How to Address Data’s Gender Gap
In past months, we’ve looked at how our data gathering and analyzing processes skew our cars, medical systems, and many…
Make An Impact: Why “I Didn’t Have Time” is Always a Lie
I got yelled at this month. Well, sternly-worded texts, anyway – it’s the 2020 version of being yelled at. As…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Role of SemOps (Part 1)
We’ve been working on something we call “SemOps” (like DevOps but for Semantic Technology + IT Operations). The basic idea…
Data is Risky Business: The Importance of Fundamentals
In my last column for TDAN.com, I wrote about the strategy lessons for data that we can learn from the…