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Aug 6 2025

Data Governance and CSR: Evolving Together

In a world where every claim your organization makes — about sustainability, equity, or social impact — is scrutinized by regulators, investors, and the public, one truth stands out: Your data has never mattered more. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) isn’t just about good intentions — it is about trustworthy, transparent data that stands up to […]

Why Data Governance Still Matters in the Age of AI

At a recent conference, I witnessed something that’s become far too common in data leadership circles: genuine surprise that chief data officers consistently cite culture — not technology — as their greatest challenge. Despite a decade of research and experience pointing to the same root cause, conversations still tend to focus on tools rather than […]

Data Speaks for Itself: Is Your Data Quality Management Practice Ready for AI?

While everyone is asking if their data is ready for AI, I want to ask a somewhat different question: Is your data quality management (DQM) program ready for AI? In my opinion, you need to be able to answer yes to the following four questions before you can have any assurance you are ready to […]

A Step Ahead: From Acts to Aggregates — Record-ness and Data-ness in Practice

Introduction What is the difference between records and data? What differentiates records managers from data managers? Do these distinctions still matter as organizations take the plunge into artificial intelligence? Discussions that attempt to distinguish between records and data frequently articulate a heuristic for differentiation. “These items are records; those items are data.” Many organizations have […]

A Leadership Blueprint for Driving Trusted, AI-Ready Data Ecosystems

As AI adoption accelerates across industries, the competitive edge no longer lies in building better models; it lies in governing data more effectively. Enterprises are realizing that the success of their AI and analytics ambitions hinges not on tools or algorithms, but on the quality, trustworthiness, and accountability of the data that fuels them. Yet, […]

All in the Data: Where Good Data Comes From

Let’s start with a truth that too many people still overlook — not all data is good data. Just because something is sitting in a database or spreadsheet doesn’t mean it’s accurate, trustworthy, or useful. In the age of AI and advanced analytics, we’ve somehow convinced ourselves that data — any data — can be […]

The Book Look: Rewiring Your Mind for AI

I collect baseball and non-sport cards. I started collecting when I was a kid, stopped for about 40 years, and returned to collecting again, maybe as part of a mid-life crisis. I don’t have the patience today though, that I had when I was 12. For example, yesterday I wanted to find out the most […]

Rethinking Data-Driven Leadership

After reading a piece a while back on why people “don’t trust data, they only trust other people,” I found myself agreeing — but also seeing another side to the story. In my experience, leaders don’t trust data directly — they trust the story data helps them tell. Sometimes that story reinforces what they already […]

Data Is Risky Business: Sustainability and Resilience in Data Governance

This quarter’s column is co-authored with Anthony Mazzarella, a fellow practitioner-academic doing research into what makes data governance “tick.” There has been a lot of commentary on social media and elsewhere in recent months about how data governance has failed and how we need to reframe the discussion on what it means to govern data, […]

Thoughts on the DAMA DMBoK

Many years ago, I contributed material on Database Development and Database Operations Management to the first edition of DAMA International’s “Data Management Body of Knowledge” (the DAMA DMBoK).i Now that work has begun on the Third Edition of the DMBoK, I’d like to share a few thoughts and critiques on the DMBoK for consideration. Some […]

The Role of AI in Mitigating Next-Generation Cyber Threats

The digital age has witnessed an exponential increase in data creation and interconnectivity, resulting in unprecedented challenges in cybersecurity. Businesses, governments, and individuals are perpetually at risk of cyber-attacks ranging from data breaches and financial theft to espionage and infrastructure sabotage. While necessary, traditional cybersecurity measures are often reactive rather than proactive, struggling to adapt […]

Legal Issues for Data Professionals: Preventive Healthcare and Data

This column addresses the role of data in the field of healthcare known as “preventive healthcare.” Preventive healthcare is undergoing changes as data increases its scope and the role it plays in healthcare. What Is Preventive Healthcare and Its Data? For the purpose of this article, traditional healthcare refers to patient care received from a […]

AI and Business Transformation: Balancing Innovation and Control

AI is no longer just a concept or a futuristic tool. It’s here and it’s likely already integrated into many aspects of your business, potentially in ways you might not even realize. AI’s potential to transform how we operate, deliver services, and optimize workflows offers significant benefits, but it also comes with responsibilities — and […]

Is the Scope of Data Governance Enough?

Data governance has long been the backbone of responsible data management, ensuring that organizations maintain high standards in data quality, security, and compliance. According to Jonathan Reichental in “Data Governance for Dummies,” the scope of governance extends well beyond data ownership and stewardship. It encompasses metadata, data architecture, master and reference data management, storage, integration, […]

The Data-Centric Revolution: The Year of the Knowledge Graph

Signals are converging and leading me to believe that 2025 is the Year of the Knowledge Graph. But before we get carried away with this prognosis, let’s review some of the previous Year of the Knowledge Graph candidates and see why they didn’t work out. 2001 The first candidate for the Year of the Knowledge […]

Through the Looking Glass: On the Data (and Lack of Such) About Busking

I started playing cello in fourth grade, in the suburbs of Hartford, Conn. I can’t remember when I discovered that musicians played in the New York City streets and subways. But I recall that by high school, I had decided that would be the absolute coolest thing to do. Sometime later, I learned that this […]

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, […]

A Data Value Manifesto

If you haven’t already heard, a number of organizations have laid off their CDOs and CDO groups and data teams because of a perceived lack of significant or measurable business value. In addition, a recently released report from MIT Sloan delivers some very depressing numbers about the efficacy of CDO groupsi: The average tenure of […]

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 […]

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Why Data Governance Still Matters in the Age of AI

Data Speaks for Itself: Is Your Data Quality Management Practice Ready for AI?

A Step Ahead: From Acts to Aggregates — Record-ness and Data-ness in Practice

A Leadership Blueprint for Driving Trusted, AI-Ready Data Ecosystems

All in the Data: Where Good Data Comes From

The Book Look: Rewiring Your Mind for AI

Rethinking Data-Driven Leadership

Data Is Risky Business: Sustainability and Resilience in Data Governance

Thoughts on the DAMA DMBoK

The Role of AI in Mitigating Next-Generation Cyber Threats

Legal Issues for Data Professionals: Preventive Healthcare and Data

AI and Business Transformation: Balancing Innovation and Control

Is the Scope of Data Governance Enough?

The Data-Centric Revolution: The Year of the Knowledge Graph

Through the Looking Glass: On the Data (and Lack of Such) About Busking

Beyond Paper Policies: Building a Living Data Policy Framework

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

A Data Value Manifesto

Living the Ungoverned Life

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

Reimagining Data Preparation for High-Impact Decision-Making

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

Empowering Data Stewards: Building a Forum That Drives Value

The State of Data Governance

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