Data Citizens Dialogues The power of a common data language
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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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Internal Data Sharing Overlooked
- Data sharing often happens internally but is overlooked as a formal process.
- Lack of a common language leads to multiple versions of truth and inefficiencies in data use.
Train Leaders to Question Data
- Train senior stakeholders to question data accuracy and demand evidence of quality.
- Equip them with key questions to ensure data reliability before use.
Data Failure Costs Business Unit
- A company closed a profitable business unit due to flawed data misinterpreted by the board.
- The incident sparked the organization's commitment to data governance and accuracy.