Designing Always-On Data Platforms for a Distributed Workforce
The modern workforce is no longer bound by location, time zone, or corporate networks. Data engineers, analysts, and business users…
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Storytelling with Data: Crafting Compelling Narratives
Imagine you’re in a meeting and the analytics team bombards you with numbers. Sales have dropped by X%. Ad spend…
How to Be a Data Shaman
My late wife, Becky Dearborn, was very interested in Native American culture, art, and mythology. Through her interest, I’ve acquired a good deal of information…
Data Speaks for Itself: Dating in the Data World
I’m sure that you know an interesting story about dating. Finding that right person is not easy and the journey often…
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,…
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…
Data Insights Ensure Quality Data and Confident Decisions
Every business (large or small) creates and depends upon data. One hundred years ago, businesses looked to leaders and experts…
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…
Crossing the Data Divide: From Quantum Qubits to Semantic Models
Introduction: Picking Up the Quantum Thread In Part 1 of this two-part series, I confessed that this whole journey was sparked by a…