Data Governance needs a rebrand
Kate Carruthers I have long thought that data governance has a brand problem. Inside many organizations it still sounds like control, cost, and constraint, not value. Even when the underlying work is…
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After 10 Years as a CDO: What I’ve learned about excellent jobs
Back in late 2024, after a decade as Chief Data and Insights Officer at UNSW Sydney, and more than a decade working at UNSW, I decided it was time to…
AI and autonomous everything
I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston the week of 10 June about AI, innovation and the future. This post is part of a distillation…
AI Changes Everything
I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston this week about AI, innovation and the future. This post is part one of a distillation of my…
Data governance – the time is now
For many years, since late 2014 to be precise, I have been thinking about and doing data governance. But now with the advent of popular AI it is even more…
Data Revolution Podcast
Well I’m about to launch a new podcast. It’s going to be all about the intersections between business intelligence, data analytics, AI, privacy, data protection, cyber and information security. As…
I’m on Mastodon what now?
If you’re a Mastodon (aka fediverse) newbie here are some tips about what to do next. (If you’re not already setup on Mastodon here’s a good guide on getting setup…
Chat with 2022 winners CDO Magazine Data4Good award
I had a chat with the winners of the inaugural CDO Magazine 2022 Data4Good Award in the Climate Action category. Huge congratulations to Jackie Coates, Katrina Riley, and Fei Tan…
Advice on building your own ecosystem
The plight of folks who build their online business worlds on the whimsy of a bunch of faceless corporations is on my mind as Twitter appears to be imploding before…
Twitter history
I am watching the realtime destruction of Twitter by Elon Musk with a strange sense of detachment. After all, I knew that one day Twitter would fall, as with any…