All in the Data: What Makes a Data Steward?
I recently read a blog that mocked my statement that “everybody is a data steward” and explicitly negated the fact…
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Data Professional Introspective: Why You Can’t Create an EDM Strategy
Some countries successfully create long-term strategic plans. For example, China’s first 100-year plan was aimed at the elimination of extreme…
Excerpt from Data Leadership – Stop Talking About Data
Data Leadership hasn’t really been addressed before in the way I am talking about it in my new book; it…
You Need a Better Data Management Solution
Become a “Data-First” Company The organizations that invest in data first and foremost are changing the business landscape. Apple had…
Principles for the Data-Centric Paradigm – Part 2
There is a movement to upend traditional thinking about information systems by putting data and meaning at the center of…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Sustaining Data Governance
One could argue it has become cliché to make references to the enormous significance and proliferation of data globally. It…
Data is Risky Business: Group Think and the Man Behind the Curtain
There have been a couple of different things converged in my media feeds that highlight a key issue that all…
Business Glossary and Metadata: Small Teams Data Governance
In my last article I suggested that many organizations have approached Data Governance incorrectly using only centralize data governance teams…
Common Data Governance Challenges
Organizations faced with the delivery of formal Data Governance or Information Governance programs recognize that there are several challenges they…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Toss Out Metadata That Does Not Bring Joy
As I write this, I can almost hear you wail “No, no, we don’t have too much metadata, we don’t…