The first time I was introduced to data governance, someone handed me a thick binder labeled “Data Policies.” It sat on my desk untouched for months. No one referred to it. No one followed it. It was a perfect symbol of what goes wrong when governance is reduced to paperwork without purpose. True data governance […]
RWDG Webinar: Using Glossaries, Dictionaries, and Catalogs to Drive Data Quality Across the Enterprise
Download the slides here >> About the Webinar Data glossaries, dictionaries, and catalogs are powerful tools for driving data quality and governance across your organization. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to leverage these tools to standardize data definitions, improve quality, and create a common language for data management. Bob Seiner will explore the practical […]
A Brief History of Data Stewardship
In the modern digital economy, data is a critical asset that, when properly managed, can drive innovation, insights, and competitive advantage. However, for organizations to leverage data effectively, they must maintain trust in its quality, reliability, and governance/management. Central to this effort is the concept of data stewardship. While it may appear to be a relatively […]
Data-Ed Webinar: The Importance of Ethics in Data Governance
\ Download the slides here >> About the Webinar Ninety percent or more of organizational data challenges stem from people and processes, not technology. Strengthening our focus on the non-technology aspects of data governance is crucial. A conscious effort to spend as much time on ethics as on technology is a good starting point. Just […]
Ask a Data Ethicist: Is Consent the Wrong Approach for Modern Data Regulation?
Asking for consent to collect and use someone’s data as the basis for legitimate processing of that data is key to our data privacy regulations and is also ethical. However, many people agree that consent is broken and that we don’t really have meaningful consent given the power imbalances between big tech organizations and the […]
Webinar: AI You Can Trust – The Critical Role of Governance and Quality
Download the slides here >> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar AI promises transformative business value but making it work is challenging—particularly due to data issues. Leaders investing in AI initiatives often encounter unexpected roadblocks: biased outputs, unreliable predictions, and regulatory risks—all stemming from untrustworthy data. Without strong data integrity—including data governance, quality, […]
Getting Started with Data Quality
Imagine burning three trillion U.S. dollars. Businesses do this virtually every year because of poor data quality (DQ). In a data-driven age, organizations cannot afford to waste this time and money. Instead, they need to focus on achieving good data quality through a comprehensive program dedicated to business needs. But how does a company implement an effective […]
How Data Accessibility Shapes Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) ensures organizations and enterprises make measured decisions. And teams are aware of its importance. However, many analytics teams in businesses struggle with slow, fragmented, or downright counterproductive BI systems. What’s interesting is that these challenges do not emerge due to a lack of sophisticated technologies or adequately trained employees. The main culprit […]
Harnessing Data Lineage to Enhance Data Governance Frameworks
At a time when even the smallest organizations have data from multiple sources undergoing various transformations, ensuring data accuracy, security, and compliance has never been more critical. This reality has led to a proliferation of robust data governance frameworks, i.e., the systems, policies, and procedures that manage data as a strategic asset. One vital ingredient […]
Book of the Month: “The One About Data”
In this month’s Book of the Month, we’re looking at Fuad Hendricks’ “The One About Data … The Coffee Shop Chats.” This is the first in what is becoming a series of coffee shop chats. The book sets up a true-to-life scenario of a bunch of peers having coffee and solving the world’s data problems […]