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Data Citizens Dialogues

The power of a common data language

Oct 23, 2024
Nicola Askham, the Data Governance Coach, shares her expertise on cultivating a common data language within organizations. She emphasizes the importance of data glossaries and catalogs to eliminate miscommunication, ensuring teams collaborate effectively. The conversation highlights strategies for fostering data literacy, enhancing governance practices, and improving data sharing. Nicola's actionable insights promise to strengthen data culture, making data management more reliable and decision-making more informed.
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  • Establishing a common data language through glossaries and catalogs reduces miscommunication and ensures teams work with accurate information for better outcomes.
  • Fostering a strong data culture encourages employees to recognize data as an asset, enhancing proactive engagement and effective data sharing practices.

Deep dives

The Significance of Data Sharing

Data sharing is essential for effective decision-making within organizations, yet it is often misunderstood. Many individuals associate data sharing exclusively with external exchanges, neglecting the internal aspect where teams need access to accurate and timely information from each other. This oversight leads to duplicative efforts, where multiple teams may extract and cleanse the same data differently, resulting in inconsistencies and potential errors. Recognizing data sharing as an essential daily activity fosters collaboration, enhances efficiency, and ensures that everyone can make informed decisions based on reliable data.

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