S3 | Ep 19 | Bottom-Up Data Governance with CJ Anderson, Director at Iron Carrot

Driven by Data: The Podcast

In Episode 19 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by CJ Anderson, one of the most recognised Data Governance advisors in the UK, where they discuss the importance of tackling Data Governance from the bottom up, which includes;

• CJ’s journey from a librarian to one of the most recognised names in Data Governance
• Why most legal organisations' clients are far more data mature than they are
• Why the role of Data Governance isn’t about enforcing policies
• Why you want the most junior people to be having the Data Governance conversation
• The importance of opening the lines of communication
• DG is about helping to change the perception of Data
• The importance of the data sausage machine
• Why Data Governance is your Lego green mat
• The importance of using language that makes sense to your audience
• The challenges that most data-immature organisations face on their journey to data maturity
• How operational processes happen in silos and why cross-functional working isn’t common
• Why job titles matter
• Why you should start small and at the bottom
• Why data maturity is a marathon and not a sprint
• The two differing Data Governance approaches
• Why most organisations only have 1000 data points they truly care about
• The relevance of the Silk Road story in data stewardship
• Why Data Governance doesn’t work while sitting in IT