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Mar 5 2025

Beyond Paper Policies: Building a Living Data Policy Framework

Data policies serve as the guardrails for how organizations manage their most valuable asset: data. Just as communities establish guidelines for shared community spaces, data policies provide the framework for how teams access, utilize, and govern their collective and shared data resources. These policies aren’t merely bureaucratic exercises. They establish the rules of engagement for […]

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Mar 5 2025

Data Is Risky Business: Is Data Governance Failing? Or Are We Failing Data Governance?

In January, CDO Magazine carried an article by a consortium of authors including Dr. Tom Redman, John Ladley, Dr. Anne-Marie Smith, and others. The eye-catching headline: “Data Governance is failing — here’s why.” The article sets out the results of a Force Field Analysis study carried out by the authors to try and understand why, […]

Living the Ungoverned Life

Organizations often assume they have data governance under control, but in reality, many are simply reacting to data chaos rather than actively managing it. This isn’t due to negligence or a lack of concern — rather, it’s because they don’t recognize that governance is already happening, albeit informally and inconsistently. Every day, employees make critical […]

The Serviceberry Mindset: How Nature’s Gift Economy Can Reshape Data Governance

The Death of the Data Silo Is Not the End of the Problem For years, we’ve heard that breaking down data silos is the holy grail of business transformation. We’ve been told that better pipelines, integrated analytics, and AI-driven decision-making will finally unlock the full potential of enterprise data. But here’s the question no one […]

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 naming conventions across databases. These issues slow analysis pipelines and demand time-consuming cleanup. Organizations now use machine learning-assisted data preparation to address these challenges, which automatically standardizes formats, detects anomalies, and applies business rules. Data […]

The Art of Lean Governance: Moving Beyond Governance Buzzwords and Bling

This column will expand on a Systems Thinking approach to Data Governance and focus on process control. The vendors of myriad governance tools focus on metadata, dictionaries, and quality metrics. Their marketing is a sea of buzzwords and bling — bells and whistles. Yet, where is the evidence of adding actual business value, defined as […]

Empowering Data Stewards: Building a Forum That Drives Value

Data steward forums are catalysts for organizational data wisdom and cultural transformation. When executed thoughtfully, they become your strongest asset in building a data-driven organization. However, their success hangs delicately on implementation — the difference between fostering lasting engagement and watching enthusiasm fade lies in the fundamental framework you establish from day one. 1. Building […]

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Feb 5 2025

The State of Data Governance

In 2024, our research at Dresner Advisory Services revealed that only 32% of organizations have a formal data governance organization in place. This statistic highlights a critical gap, especially as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly integrated into operations, expanding business reliance on data and analytic content. Despite the growing importance of […]

Empowering Organizations Through Data Literacy, Governance, and Business Literacy

In my journey as a data management professional, I’ve come to believe that the road to becoming a truly data-centric organization is paved with more than just tools and policies — it’s about creating a culture where data literacy and business literacy thrive. Data governance, long regarded as a compliance-driven function, is now the backbone […]

Identifying and Addressing Data Overload

Increased data generation requires modern businesses to manage vast volumes of information. All this data holds immense potential for insights and informed decision-making, but its value depends on effective utilization. Without the right tools, frameworks, and strategies, even established companies risk being overwhelmed by data overload. Let’s take a closer look at data overload and […]

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 governance. And asked at times, could they just be data custodians. When I asked why, they said they either forced it top-down on their organization, and everyone disliked them for doing it; or, IT […]

All in the Data: Too Soon for Q Governance?

Quantum computing, with its groundbreaking capabilities, is poised to redefine how organizations solve complex problems and innovate in ways previously unimaginable. As industries begin to explore its potential, a pressing question emerges: Are we ready to govern this new frontier? Much like the evolution of AI necessitated AI governance, quantum computing demands its own variation […]

From Chaos to Clarity: The Stealth Guide to Data Governance Success

In today’s fast-paced business world, data governance often feels like an insurmountable challenge. While teams focus on product development, innovation, and revenue generation, governance can seem like an abstract and expensive luxury. But as data volumes surge and complexity grows, the absence of proper governance creates a widening gap. Organizations are missing critical insights and […]

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Dec 17 2024

What to Expect in AI Data Governance: 2025 Predictions

In 2025, preventing risks from both cyber criminals and AI use will be top mandates for most CIOs. Ransomware in particular continues to vex enterprises, and unstructured data is a vast, largely unprotected asset. AI solutions have moved from experimental to mainstream, with all the major tech companies and cloud providers making significant investments in […]

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Transforming Marketing Data into Business Growth: Key Insights and Strategies

Marketing leaders and data professionals often grapple with a familiar challenge: how to transform marketing data into tangible business growth. During a recent episode of The Lights on Data Show, I had the privilege of speaking with Kasper Bossen-Rasmussen, founder and CEO of Accutics, about this very topic. Together, we explored key takeaways for addressing […]

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From Input to Insight: How Quality Data Drives AI and Automation

More and more enterprises are looking to automation and AI to deliver new efficiencies and give their organizations an edge in the market. Data is the engine that powers both automation and AI. But data must be clean and user-friendly for these systems to work effectively and deliver on their promise. Lots of organizations are […]

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Ask a Data Ethicist: How Can You Learn More About Data and AI Ethics?

It was about this time last year that I pitched the team at DATAVERSITY the idea of this monthly column on data ethics. There’s certainly been no shortage of interesting questions to cover and I’ve enjoyed writing about both the practical and more philosophical aspects of this topic. As we wrap up this year and […]

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5 Data Management Tool and Technology Trends to Watch in 2025

The market surrounding data management tools and technologies is quite mature. After all, the typical business has been making extensive use of data to help streamline its operations and decision-making for years, and many companies have long had data management tools in place. But that doesn’t mean that little is happening in the world of […]

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Data Governance Defying Gravitas

“Defying Gravity,” the show-stopping anthem from the musical “Wicked,” captures the essence of breaking free from conventions and soaring beyond expectations. Just as Elphaba, the protagonist witch from “Wicked,” refuses to be bound by the weight of societal norms, Non-Invasive Data Governance (NIDG) offers organizations a way to defy the gravitas of traditional governance frameworks. […]

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 Lilliput and beyond has resonance for data leaders today. There are important lessons to learn from the little people of Lilliput and the challenges encountered by the eponymous Gulliver. While Lilliput is where Gulliver first […]

Data Governance Best Practices: Lessons from Anthem’s Massive Data Breach

In the insurance industry, data governance best practices are not just buzzwords — they’re critical safeguards against potentially catastrophic breaches. The 2015 Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield data breach serves as a stark reminder of why robust data governance is crucial. The Breach: A Wake-Up Call In January 2015, Anthem, one of the largest health […]

Book of the Month: “AI Governance Comprehensive”

Welcome to December 2024’s “Book of the Month” column. This month, we’re featuring “AI Governance Comprehensive: Tools, Vendors, Controls, and Regulations” by Sunil Soares, available for free download on the YourDataConnect (YDC) website. This book offers readers a strong foundation in AI governance. While the emergence of generative AI (GenAI) has brought AI governance to […]

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Technical and Strategic Best Practices for Building Robust Data Platforms

In the AI era, organizations are eager to harness innovation and create value through high-quality, relevant data. Gartner, however, projects that 80% of data governance initiatives will fail by 2027. This statistic underscores the urgent need for robust data platforms and governance frameworks. A successful data strategy outlines best practices and establishes a clear vision for data architecture, […]

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Unleashing the Power of Data: A Guide for CIOs and CDOs

In today’s data-driven landscape, organizations have a wealth of information at their fingertips — but unlocking its full potential is a complex challenge. Many struggle to effectively leverage data for AI, analytics, and decision-making, often hindered by issues like accuracy, availability, and security. For CIOs and CDOs, prioritizing and addressing these obstacles is mandatory. From […]

The Art of Lean Governance: A Systems Thinking Approach to Data Governance

A systems thinking approach to process control and optimization demands continual data quality feedback loops. Moving the quality checks upstream to the source system provides the most extensive control coverage. Data quality approaches not utilizing these loops will fail to achieve the desired results, often worsening the problem. Data Governance is about gaining trust and […]

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