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The Governance Series by daitagov

Govern the data first. Then the AI. Plain-spoken notes on data governance and AI readiness, roughly weekly.

  1. The Spreadsheet Jockey: Artisanal Excel, Please

    Every organization has a Ralph, the person whose spreadsheet is the real system of record. He is not the problem. He is the symptom.

  2. Data Mesh: Your Enterprise Already Is One

    Data mesh without governance is your current mess with a prettier architecture diagram. Governance provides the rails, domain teams provide the trains.

  3. Nice Lakehouse: Do You Own or Rent?

    Why "build a Data Lake" is so often the most expensive wrong answer, and why the lake can wait but the governance can't.

  4. The Four Words Nobody Wants to Hear

    Data governance, data standards, data management, data exchange. Four words, one order, and why skipping the first two sinks every tool, AI included.