The Fuss About Data Debt

10/22/24 • 27 min

Data Debt is both a measure and a message. It helps businesses grasp how important data can be, because when all else has failed, many organizations have examined Data Debt and discovered a significant aspect of data resource management. To help explain Data Debt we welcome Barbara Forth.

Chapters

00:00 - Open & Introduction; 03:48 - Monologue; 07:04 - Barbara Forth; 22:10 - Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 24:18 - Audio Rorschach Test; 26:45 - Recap & Close

Chapters

00:00 - Open & Introduction; 03:48 - Monologue; 07:04 - Barbara Forth; 22:10 - Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 24:18 - Audio Rorschach Test; 26:45 - Recap & Close

Previous Episode

The Fuss About Data Quality

For so many of us, Data Quality is like a healthy diet and daily exercise. You want the benefits, but you don’t want to do what it takes to get them. Interrogating the data is the easy part. Sustaining a Data Quality program requires discipline and culture. It’s what we’ve been saying all along. It’s people. And one of those people is Tom Redman, whom we are excited to welcome to Rock Bottom.

Chapters

00:00 - Open & Introduction; 03:34 - Monologue; 06:18 - Tom Redman; 26:06 - Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 28:12 - Audio Rorschach Test; 30:19 - Recap & Close

Next Episode

The Fuss About Data Driven

According to some research, about half of large organizations are“Data Driven,” meaning they are "driving business innovation with data." According to other research, that number is about half of that. But wait, isn’t that what data is for in the first place? Not good enough! So in this episode, we call BS on Data Driven.

Our guest is Randy Bean, bestselling author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI, and a regular contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review on Data & AI leadership.

Chapters:

00:00 – Open & Introduction; 06:39 – Monologue; 09:22 – Randy Bean; 26:13 – Dispatches from Rock Bottom; 28:19 – Audio Rorschach Test; 29:55 – Recap & Close

Other Resources:

Surveys Cited in Dispatches: ThoughtSpot, Software Development Times, Wavestone (New Vantage Partners)