by Pastel Gbetoho | Sep 27, 2026 | Data Strategy, Data Architecture
A pilot proves out. The model works, the demo lands, and the board approves scaling it across the business. Then the data team explains why that is not so simple. The pipeline behind the pilot cannot carry production volume. Half the source systems the new use case...
by Pastel Gbetoho | Sep 20, 2026 | Data Management, Data Strategy
Most data governance is sold as insurance. Reduce regulatory risk. Avoid the audit finding. Control who can access what. All true. And all the reason it gets funded like a cost center, if it gets funded at all. The projects the same leaders approved last quarter tell...
by Pastel Gbetoho | Mar 20, 2026 | Data Management, Data Strategy
Most organizations treat data quality management as a technical discipline. When customer records are incomplete or duplicated, the request goes to IT: clean it up, deduplicate it, build a rule. The request sounds reasonable. It is also the reason the problem never...
by Pastel Gbetoho | Sep 17, 2025 | Data Strategy
Most data governance programs begin the same way. A steering committee is formed. A policy document is drafted. A maturity model is selected, and the organization is assessed against it; usually landing somewhere around level two, with a roadmap to level four....
by Pastel Gbetoho | Dec 22, 2022 | Data Strategy
Organizations have long recognized data as a valuable asset, but few succeed in translating that potential into real business outcomes. The key shift is moving from an asset mindset—focused on storage and control—to a data product mindset, where data is intentionally...
