A colleague of mine recently posted a very interesting blog titled Do you trust your data? This led me to think about the issues from the perspective of the data i.e. if I am a data set can I trust
The permanence of data
A number of recent events have lead me to consider a little bit more about the permanence of data. Is data a permanent or a temporary thing?
New species in the Data Zoo–The PoD
Over a period of time we have created a popular series of blog posts with a collective title of the Data Zoo which explore how people’s behaviours towards data can impact the quality and integrity of data. One of the
Do your Data Quality Heroes know who they are?
If you are a data steward (or similar) tasked with improving the quality of your organisations data, then you will be reliant on many people to help improve your data quality who will often be outside your direct team. Above
Rage in the data cage
Many of you will be familiar with our popular series of blog posts and White Paper on the Data Zoo which explores a number of generic behaviours people exhibit towards data. This post explores the effects on data behaviours when
Normalisation of data deviance
The term ‘normalisation of deviance’ refers to situations where employees become accustomed to deviation from standards/designs in engineering and industrial situations without recognising that these can be precursor events to major incidents. This was a contributory factor in the loss
Sign your Employee Data Agreement…
Most organisations have an Acceptable Use Policy, IT Security Policy, Data Protection Guidelines etc. in order to provide a framework around specific areas of concern. These may also link to an organisations’ disciplinary policies. Should these organisations also have an
New species in the Data Zoo – Not Bovvered
Those of you who have been following our popular Data Zoo series of blog posts and White Paper may be interested to know that whilst completing our Data Behaviours training course using the Data Zoo concept, we have discovered a
The Data Zoo – White paper now available for download
Our popular series of blog posts describing the different behaviours to be found in The Data Zoo and how they impact data quality has now been updated, enhanced and published as a White Paper. This White Paper is also available in
The Data Zoo (Part 5 of 5) – How data personalities interact
This is Part 5 of a 5 part blog post. If you have not read them yet, see: Part 1 – The Shape of the Zoo Part 2 – Low compliance personalities Part 3 – Medium compliance personalities Part 4