{"id":845,"date":"2024-05-13T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta74.thewebsitepreview.com\/wavicle\/dev\/?p=845"},"modified":"2025-11-17T04:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:33:31","slug":"need-data-governance-changing-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta74.thewebsitepreview.com\/wavicle\/dev\/blog\/need-data-governance-changing-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Need for Data Governance in a Changing World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not to outshine \u201cThe Data Puppets\u201d by Scott Taylor and company, but one could envision a horror film around data, and most notably around data governance. This comes from a common saying that \u201cdata governance is dead.\u201d Granted, we also hear \u201canalytics is dead,\u201d \u201cthe United States is dead,\u201d or my favorite of late, \u201cAI is dead.\u201d None of these are true, but one could envision a horror film around data.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the real nightmare for me is the occasional person that starts to promote the idea that \u201cdata governance is dead.\u201d I hate that. It has been articulated by: <\/span>Forbes<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Malcolm Fraser on Medium<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Jason Larson<\/span><\/a>, among others.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years ago, my son and I took a trip to Spain and hiked the English Route of the Camino de Santiago or the Path of St. James. This is a pilgrimage hike to Santiago de Compostela in Northwest Spain. Just prior to the trip, I was at DGIQ in San Diego, where I attended a few concerning presentations of the state of data governance and saw some very troubling marketing messages by software vendors. They were positioning the idea of governance = enablement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As we set off from A Coru\u00f1a, I saw a LinkedIn post on my phone that said \u201cdata governance is dead\u201d with a picture of an old gravestone next to it. For the next two days, my resentment grew towards that message. I never posted on it, as when I returned home, I picked up COVID for the first time from my wife who had attended a mass transmission event back home. That is about to change.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The resentment festered over the new few days, but I successfully put it out of my head to focus on my vacation plans. However, over the next two years, there were quite a few re-statements of the same thing. I remain committed to fight this battle the best I can, as I strongly believe that data governance is NOT dead as the following questions always come back into focus:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n