Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up

Find the Most Effective Sponsor

We’ve all dealt with meeting fatigue where colleagues try to solve problems by filling our calendar with invitations to “hop on a quick call.” If meetings lack purpose, agendas, clear leaders, or follow-up actions, they could’ve been emails and saved endless hours. One less-discussed time suck? Not having the right people in the room to make key decisions.

You’ve done lots of work thus far to select the right data stewards for your data governance council. All of it will stall if you don’t have a senior member of your organization to sponsor this council and its data governance efforts. So, your first step is to confirm whom you’ll need sponsorship from.

Imagine you’re in a C-suite role yourself as the Chief Data ...