Life
On Vacation
I’ll be taking some time off for vacation, but the Reservoir of Ideas will be replenished again later in the summer.
Data Products
The Analytical Environment You Wish You Had
Listen to this article: Through several articles this year, I’ve laid out a process for implementing Data Products, from Phase Negative One to Phase Five. Wouldn’t it be great it projects could be run that way? Everyone is aligned before Read more
Life
Lightnin’ Hopkins to the Rescue
Listen to this article: I was introduced to R.E.M. my freshman year in college. They played at Page Auditorium on campus about a month into the school year. The guy in the dorm room next door spent the rest of Read more
Data Governance Data Quality
Are Your Data Quality Metrics Useless?
Listen to this article: They probably are. That’s right, I said it. Most Data Quality metrics are useless. Of course, that assumes that you have any to begin with. And by the time you finish this article you’ll agree with Read more
Artificial Intelligence Data Governance Data Quality Generative AI
Data Governance’s Second Act
Listen to this article: Imagine it’s all done. Well, it’s never all done, but imagine it’s all there: definitions, expected content, data models, profiling, documentation, support processes. Everything we’ve spent so much time trying to make happen. It’s all there. Read more
Data Culture Data Governance Data Quality Leadership
Data Quality and The Art of Executive Self-Deception
Listen to this article: Corporate leadership doesn’t care about data in the same way that we do, nor should they. They don’t care about the details of Data Governance or Data Quality. Certainly not data models. They don’t (or shouldn’t) Read more
Data Architecture Data Culture Data Debt Data Governance Data Products Leadership
Taming the Data Rabbits
Listen to this article: In an earlier article, I highlighted the approach that some companies are taking of allowing, and in some cases encouraging, uncontrolled data replication. Replication may be an intentional executive strategy, although experience suggests it might not Read more
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Data Governance Metamorphosis
Listen to this article: Last week was the DGIQ-EDW conference in San Diego. It’s one of the leading industry conferences for data professionals, focusing on practical enterprise topics like AI governance, data architecture, stewardship, and organizational strategy. If you’ve never Read more
Data Architecture Data Culture Data Debt Data Governance Data Products Leadership
Data Rabbits
Listen to this article: Show of hands: how many of you have ever heard corporate leadership say something like, “We are moving everything into the cloud and closing down our data center so we can scale faster and save money”? Read more
Life Metadata
Mondegreen Pastures
Listen to this article: One of the most frequently quoted passages in the Bible, especially at funerals, is the 23rd Psalm. It comforts those who are mourning, reassuring them of God’s presence even through life’s most difficult times. Except that’s Read more