It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Bob
Planning for the coming year is always a time of reckoning. A time when organizations ask themselves what worked, what…
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Make an Impact: Three Words to Irrelevancy
I get it. Creating data value is challenging under the best circumstances—and frankly, most of us aren’t in perfect situations.…
Data and Trending Technologies: Role of Data in Digital Twin Technology
One of the main reasons I am excited about my ongoing column ‘Data and Trending Technologies’ on TDAN.com is that…
DAMA International Community Corner: DAMA Community Update
Greetings to the DAMA Community from Peter Aiken, President, DAMA International! As we wind down this Board’s short (2-month) tenure,…
Data Professional Introspective: Organizational Factors Impacting EDM
“Money won’t save you, no, no, no, no, no.” – Reggae artist Jimmy Cliff, 1974. In fact, money, insofar as…
Data is Risky Business: Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World
There is a famous Dilbert cartoon from a few years ago in which Dogbert provides Dilbert’s company with advice on…
Questions Metadata Can Answer
The world of information technology has “grown up” dramatically in the last twenty-five years – the term of my comparably…
Is Your Senior Leadership Losing Interest?
An interesting topic came up in conversations I had with organizations twice this week. The topic was about “Senior Leadership…
Data and Trending Technologies: Data and Internet of Things
Year after year, Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be in the top 5 technologies that companies are making significant…
All in the Data: Achieving “Good Data” – Pt 1 Improving Data Definition
Many organizations are focusing their data management and “data as an asset” governance programs on improving data for analytical purposes.…