You hear it all the time at governance conferences and on webinars: “Everyone who uses data should be a data steward.” What does that really mean? And why do we still have a need for people with the formal Data Steward title?

Let’s start with a definition of steward. Generally speaking, a steward is someone with accountability to look after something, such as another person or a place. It comes from medieval times when a Stewar...

Data governance organizations are made up of a handful of specific roles with well-defined responsibilities. This post contains some high-level guidelines.

Have you ever tried to make a significant change in your organization? Have you noticed that sometimes people get very excited at first and seem to be onboard, but very soon they revert back to their same old ways.

Change management is an essential part of today's business. We can't "transform at the speed of light" if we can't even get used to recycling our aluminum cans in the office or committing to leave the pen and paper b...