Data Stewardship Experience strategies (personal growth, community, societal contribution, and disruptive innovation) can meet several cognitive, social, and psychological needs, and motivate professionals to become productive data stewards. It also removes the stigma of data governance as a rigid and bureaucratic gatekeeping discipline. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/improving-the-data-stewardship-experience-dsx-productive-motivational-strategies-for-data-governance