Key Principles of Data Governance — Ed Barker // GM Defense
- Part 1Creating a Data-Driven Culture — Ed Barker // GM Defense
- Part 2 Key Principles of Data Governance — Ed Barker // GM Defense
Show Notes
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01:24Empowering confident decision making through data governanceData governance provides a way to improve data quality and confidence in decision-making with data. By focusing on aspects like data quality and stewardship, businesses move away from unreliable data gathering approaches toward a structured and trustworthy approach.
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04:55Data governance and large language modelsLLMs can provide immense value, but relying on them without understanding the quality of underlying data can lead to bad decisions. It's crucial to ensure data quality through data governance practices for a high level of confidence in the LLM.
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10:21Balancing data accessibility and data governanceThe data catalog is crucial for data democratization. Granting employees in the organization access to the data, with continuous training, generates value, encourages collaborative teams, fosters a data-driven culture, and elevates data governance.
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14:35Strategies to eliminate data silosBreaking down data silos is crucial for a company to become data-driven. To do this, involve the people who have the data in those silos, in data governance, and make them data stewards.
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15:49Data governance and effective communicationThe role of a data governance lead requires both technical and social skills. The ability to communicate and spread the word about data governance throughout the organizations is just as vital as the technical side.
Quotes
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"Data governance is not control. We're helping the organization have better data quality, and that better data quality gives us confidence in making data-driven decisions." - Ed Barker
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"Just having data sit inside of a data warehouse or data mart doesn't do the organization any good. It's only value is generated when the individuals have have access to it and can use it." - Ed Barker
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"If someone takes a data set and creates value, that's a great one time thing. But when we start to have collaborative teams, we start driving a data-driven culture, and we elevate the awareness of data governance." - Ed Barker
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"To be a data-driven organization, you must get rid of the data silos. There's no better way to do that than take the person who's holding that data close to them in that silo and turn them into a data steward." - Ed Barker
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"When leading data governance, you also need to be able to develop a communication plan. You have to constantly be in the face of your employees about data governance, socializing it." - Ed Barker
- Part 1Creating a Data-Driven Culture — Ed Barker // GM Defense
- Part 2 Key Principles of Data Governance — Ed Barker // GM Defense
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Part 1Creating a Data-Driven Culture — Ed Barker // GM Defense
Ed Barker, Data Literacy Lead at GM Defense, explores data-driven culture and governance. Embracing a data-driven culture within an organization is more than just a change in processes or technology. The success of this cultural shift relies heavily on leaders championing the cause through words and actions that align with the envisioned data-driven future. Today, Ed discusses creating a data-driven culture.
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Part 2Key Principles of Data Governance — Ed Barker // GM Defense
Ed Barker, Data Literacy Lead at GM Defense, explores data-driven culture and governance. For an organization to become data-driven, data silos must be eliminated. Fortunately, with data governance, organizations can democratize data access to employees while maintaining high data quality for confident decision-making. Today, Ed discusses key principles of data governance.
