Often folks simply do not know where to get started with their data governance program in an organisation. I recently gave a talk at the Australian Cyber Conference 2021 in Canberra on how to get started with a data governance program. This talk is based on my experience of running the UNSW data and information governance program since late 2014. When I first set out … Continue reading Getting started with Data Governance
Had an interesting chat with the lovely Chris D’Agostino from Databricks on their Champions of Data + AI series. The higher education sector is currently subject to disruption on many fronts, not only from COVID. There are a lot of interesting things happening across the sector. One thing is certain, COVID has helped the entire sector digitise. Continue reading Databricks Champions of Data + AI series
Was on The Innovation Community podcast recently having a chat with Paul Capon about all things data. We had an interesting chat about the differences between banking and higher education. Continue reading Interesting chat on The Innovation Community
The ongoing debate about celebrating Australia Day on a day when a portion of our country people only remember invasion and dispossession is no way to celebrate as a nation. Continue reading Australia Day/Invasion Day and our future
Achieving things.
There is a great deal of advice about how to achieve things. Here is mine… Continue reading Do one thing…
I’m starting to keep reviews of books that I am using for my studies on my blog. Here is the first one. Continue reading Book review: Qur’Anic Concept Of War, The by S.K. Malik
It is a great honour to be listed as one of the CDO Magazine 2021 Academic Data Leaders. CDO Magazine is always on the leading edge of the data world so it is so exciting to be named among such an august group. “CDO Magazine is committed to being a champion to academic professionals in the field of data and analytics. CDO Magazine has searched … Continue reading CDO Magazine Announces Its 2021 List of Academic Data Leaders
In the past I used this analogy of data being the new oil in several presentations in the context of showing people that there was an awful lot of it to manage. But that was before I thought about it. Continue reading Is data really new oil?
Did an interesting chat recently with some lovely folks – Renée Gallant from @SheLovesData and Felipe Flores from @DataFuturology – about career paths and diversity in data. Continue reading Career Aspirations Post Pandemic: What Every Hiring Manager Needs to Know
Had the pleasure of joining Jason Tan on his The Analytics Show podcast for a chat about data governance. It was a wide ranging discussion and covered a lot of ground, including: The importance of data governance for any kind of organisation. 5 questions to ask yourself while building your data governance program. How the higher education industry has been progressing in terms using data … Continue reading Why Data Governance Is the Cornerstone for Data and Analytics
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