Data Culture Issues and How to Fix Them
If your organization uses data—and even if it doesn’t—you have a data culture. Think about the ways that you and…
Data Management Articles
Data Management Articles
Becoming a Data-Driven Company
Data-driven companies are more profitable than their competitors and outperform them with regards to the acquiring and retaining of customers…
Truth in Data – Buyer Beware
To quote a classic movie, Network, “I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take this…
Towards Data Governance’s 4th Era – Part II
I finished my last article, Part I of “Towards Data Governance’s 4th Era”, with a question: What is the goal…
Information Governance in an Era of Uncertainty
The word “organize” is the root of the word “organization.” Organizations are compelled to organize their information. With that said,…
Developing and Adopting a Common Language
Executive Summary It seems obvious enough that companies, government agencies and non-profits would benefit from a common language. Without it,…
Data Starvation and Your Data Metabolism
David Crosby, of super group fame with Stills, Nash and Young, once said that you have to write about something…
Taking the Data Blinders Off
Business has a fundamental problem with data quality. In some places it’s merely painful, in others it’s nearly catastrophic. Why…
Stop Companies From Harvesting Your Data
In 2018, it was discovered that Cambridge Analytica had harvested the data of at least 87 million Facebook users without…
Why Disciplined Agile?
This article explores why you should consider adopting the Disciplined Agile (DA) toolkit from several points of view: Why Should…