The moment I stopped selling governance as compliance was the moment things actually changed. Turns out no one wakes up excited to manage risk. But they do care about problems making their team's life harder right now.
Everyone's hiring for the perfect Data Governance Manager. Strategic thinker, technical expert, change manager, regulatory specialist. They're asking for a unicorn. Most candidates can't compete.
Technical knowledge matters. But the best Data Governance Managers are fundamentally problem solvers who happen to know data governance well. That's what makes them exceptional.
Leadership wants AI outputs but won't fund the data platform to make it work. I keep hearing this story. The uncomfortable truth: you cannot build trustworthy AI on a weak foundation. AI amplifies bad dataβit doesn't fix it.
3 data governance managers walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second checks the menu taxonomy. The third interviews the bartender about data lineage and metadata certification. She's still thirsty.
3 data governance managers walk into a bar. First orders a beer. Second checks the menu taxonomy. Third interviews the bartender about data lineage and metadata certification. She's still thirsty.