No owner, no responsibility
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How many times do you find something that is not working as it should be, and after digging around you find it has no clear owner?
Data
2024
Do one of 3 things
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Each data project should be doing or enabling one of three things:
The bystander effect
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The bystander effect is a social phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.
Being part of something bigger
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People don’t like being told what to do.
Why are you expected to accept unrefined data?
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Following on from yesterdays mail, when I talked about the language of data engineering, it’s worth asking why you’re asked to accept “unrefined”, poor quality data.
The language of data engineering
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The language we use is important.
Prioritise data projects just like anything else
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Every organisation beyond a startup has multiple teams or groups working together to deliver something of value for the organisation.
Only 21% of data leaders feel they are using data insights to generate more revenue
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The Digital Leadership Report 2023 from Nash Squared contained these interesting data points:
2023
What does your exec team think about your data?
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What does your exec team think about data?
2019
You build it, you run it - you manage your data
Many tech companies follow the “you build it, you run it” mantra - and for good reason.
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