Don’t Buy Data – Invest In It
There are some expressions about data that are getting a bit tired: “Data is the new oil,” “In God We…
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Data’s Gender Gap: Endangers Half of the Population
In an ideal world, all the features and functions of society would be accessible and useful for all members of…
Make An Impact: Hidden Reasons Why Your Data Analysis Has No Value
In most of our organizations we have people doing data analysis all over the place. From very technical SQL queries…
All in the Data: Data Governance Made Easy
Organizations that have implemented Data Governance programs, or Information Governance, Data/Information Management or Records Management programs will be the first…
Steps to an Effective Data Governance Structure
The quality of data used in business is more important now than ever before. Accordingly, in order for organizations to…
Broken Data – What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You – Part 1
The first step to fixing any problem is to understand that problem—this is a significant point of failure when it…
Data Professional Introspective: Data Architecture and the Role of Business
The phrase “data architecture” often has different connotations across an organization depending on where their job role is. For instance,…
Tips to Create Effective Data Quality Rules
You know you can rule the quality of your data. So why don’t you? Read on to learn simple but…
Data Professional Introspective: How to Tackle a Data Quality Strategy
Everyone talks about the importance of data quality, but no one does anything about it. Not anything much, that is. …
All in the Data: Achieving “Good Data” – Pt 3 Improving Data Usage
I mentioned in the earlier columns of this series (part 1, part 2) that organizations are focusing their data governance…