The last metre: from data to a business decision
The hardest part of a data product can be the final step: helping someone make a different, better-informed decision. Start there, and work backwards.
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Governance begins with a conversation
Before the framework, the policy, or the committee, there is a better question: what decision are we trying to make together?
Good data quality starts with a better question
A perfect-looking dashboard can still miss the point. Quality becomes useful when it is connected to the decision the data needs to support.
A data catalogue people actually use
Discovery is only the beginning. A useful catalogue helps someone understand what they found, decide whether it fits, and know whom to ask.