The Art of Lean Governance: Elevating Reconciliation to Primary Control for Data Risk
For decades, data governance in regulated financial institutions has rested on a familiar foundation. Policies are documented, standards are defined,…
Data Governance News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Governance education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
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…
Decentralized, Centralized, and Federated Data Governance
In my discussions with CIOs over the last several years, they have repeatedly told me that they strongly dislike traditional…
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 Book Look: Designing Data Products: The Data Products Series Volume I
Data products are a very important part of modern data architecture. Author Mario Meir-Huber is writing a trilogy on data products, where Volume 1 is about designing…
Preparing CRM Data for AI: Architecture, Quality, and Governance Considerations
Many enterprise AI initiatives continue to struggle — with 95% failing to deliver ROI due to inadequate data infrastructure and 70% of organizations reporting minimal positive…
All in the Data: The State of Data Governance in 2026
In 2026, data governance has stopped tiptoeing around the edges of organizational strategy and stepped directly into the spotlight, whether organizations are…
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…
Data Errors in Financial Services: Addressing the Real Cost of Poor Data Quality
Data quality issues continue to plague financial services organizations, resulting in costly fines, operational inefficiencies, and damage to reputations. Even…
Data Is Risky Business: When the Tide Goes Out, Who Will Have Their Swimming Trunks On?
In my last column, I wrote about the emerging research on the impact of generative AI on the ability of…