Ross Gourlay

I believe information management is vital to business success. These are some of my thoughts on creating the good quality data needed to run an organisation.

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do not trust anyone!

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Technology alone wont resolve information quality. Technology has enabled increased information quantity with little regard to quality.

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Information management isn't a 1 dimensional fad that won't deliver, it touches all aspects of a business & needs ongoing improvement.

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Doing nothing is always an option but organisations who delay information management improvements eventually find change imposed on them.

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Not everyone sees the need to manage data, so if this concept seems esoteric then metadata is even tougher: avoid jargon, simplify language.

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Build awareness of downstream data consumers & establish relations. Psychologists say that simply knowing each others names improves results

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Data stewards must continually communicate the need for actively managing information to raise & maintain awareness across the organisation.

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Good article identifying the reasons why continual innovation is becoming critical to every organisation: http://t.co/ALZ7hIQr

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All processes & data sets have rules regarding data, but tend to be poorly documented resulting in lost context and missed opportunities.

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Controlling information flows is vital to managers whose self interest is not aligned with the business & they will resist proposed changes.

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All solutions have implications for the future, they are not an end state. Each solution is a transitional step as part of continual change.

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Communication is critical for information management success as few fully appreciate the need. 1st raise awareness to begin change movement

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Philip Crosby says organisations are a conspiracy of managers against other stakeholders' interests. Managing Information flow is their tool

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Incomplete information forms the basis of all management decisions. Complete information eliminates risk resulting in process flows.

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Every business has a fundamental information requirement to understand the base objective of any organisation ie whether it is making money.