The Art of Lean Governance: The Integrated Governance Framework
In this column, we explore the basic foundations of an integrated governance framework, defined as the correct blending of governance…
Data Columns
Data Speaks for Itself: The Shift from Syntactic to Semantic Data Curation
My column today is a follow-up to my article “The Challenge of Data Consistency,” published in the May 2023 issue…
All in the Data: Take Data Vitamins to Improve Corporate Health
In today’s fast-paced business environment, data is often referred to as the lifeblood of an organization. Just as the human…
Crossing the Data Divide: Metrics Stores Remind Me That Data Work Is Hard
If you haven’t heard about metrics stores yet, they’re “newish,” so you likely will. They are interesting to an extent,…
Data Professional Introspective: The Data Management Education Program (Part 2)
In my work with the EDM Council’s Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) 3.0 development group, we are adding a…
The Book Look: AI Governance
Technics Publications has started publishing a line of Data-Driven AI books, and one of the first books in this series…
Through the Looking Glass: Metaphors, MUNCH, and Large Language Models
“What’s a metaphor?” Mr. Biergel posed the question one morning to my high school grammar class. Being typical teenagers, we…
Legal Issues for Data Professionals: Pros and Cons of AI in Healthcare (Part 1)
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare provides promises, risks, and unintended consequences. This column addresses the evolving AI…
Data Is Risky Business: The Big Picture Ethics of Small Data Actions
Regular readers of this column will have noticed a thread weaving its way through the articles over the past few…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Who Doesn’t Need Data-Centric?
Several years ago, as part of some strategic marketing, we decided to target certain companies and industries. The thinking was…