Data Is Risky Business: Structured, Unstructured (Who Cares?)
The Irish satirist Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver’s Travels” almost 300 years ago, but the story of Lemuel Gulliver’s journey to…
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Data Speaks for Itself: Data Validation – Data Accuracy Imposter or Assistant?
In my last article, “The Shift from Syntactic to Semantic Data Curation and What It Means for Data Quality” published…
Eyes on Data: A Data Governance Study Bridging Industry and Academia
As autumn settles here in the northern hemisphere, with October baseball underway, the first frost arriving, and the holiday season…
All in the Data: A New Data Governance Season Is Here
As the new NFL season gets rolling, there’s a profound sense of anticipation in the air — the thrill of…
Data Professional Introspective: The Perennial Question
I’ve often encountered client staff, course students, and conference attendees who are grappling with the basic question: “What is the…
Data Crime: Cartoon Signatures
I call it a “data crime” when someone is abusing or misusing data. When we understand these stories and their implications,…
Data Crime: Your Phone Isn’t Here
I call it a “data crime” when someone is abusing or misusing data. When we understand these stories and their implications,…
Change Management in Data Projects: Why We Ignored It and Why We Can’t Afford to Anymore
For decades, we’ve heard the same refrain: “Change management is crucial for project success.” Yet leaders have nodded politely and ignored…
Data Crime: Chrissy Teigen Is Not a Twin
I call it a “data crime” when someone is abusing or misusing data. When we understand these stories and their implications,…
Ensuring AI-Ready Data
Being an AI-ready organization involves identifying and then overcoming data issues that hinder the effective use of AI and generative…