What Is AI Anomia and Why Does It Matter?
We live in an age where the words we use for artificial intelligence are shaping the future faster than the…
Data Education
Rethinking Data-Driven Leadership
After reading a piece a while back on why people “don’t trust data, they only trust other people,” I found…
Data Is Risky Business: Sustainability and Resilience in Data Governance
This quarter’s column is co-authored with Anthony Mazzarella, a fellow practitioner-academic doing research into what makes data governance “tick.” There…
Thoughts on the DAMA DMBoK
Many years ago, I contributed material on Database Development and Database Operations Management to the first edition of DAMA International’s…
The Role of AI in Mitigating Next-Generation Cyber Threats
The digital age has witnessed an exponential increase in data creation and interconnectivity, resulting in unprecedented challenges in cybersecurity. Businesses,…
Legal Issues for Data Professionals: Preventive Healthcare and Data
This column addresses the role of data in the field of healthcare known as “preventive healthcare.” Preventive healthcare is undergoing…
AI and Business Transformation: Balancing Innovation and Control
AI is no longer just a concept or a futuristic tool. It’s here and it’s likely already integrated into many…
Is the Scope of Data Governance Enough?
Data governance has long been the backbone of responsible data management, ensuring that organizations maintain high standards in data quality,…
Continuous Delivery for Data Pipelines: A Practical Guide
What Is Continuous Delivery? Continuous delivery (CD) refers to a software engineering approach where teams produce software in short cycles,…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Year of the Knowledge Graph
Signals are converging and leading me to believe that 2025 is the Year of the Knowledge Graph. But before we…