Data Governance vs Data Management vs. Data Architecture
A Special Google Next 2022 | Why Your Company Needs Data-Product Managers | and…the problem with communication is….
In his talk about using Data Governance as an accelerator to innovation, Ben Clinch, Principal Enterprise Architect at British Telecom, provides guidance on how to think about Data Governance, Data Management and Data Architecture. He also provides great definitions for the Data Fabric…see more below and more incredible customer and product announces.
1 — The Top Data & Analytics Launches @ Google Next 2022
Stephanie Wong joins me to discuss the latest themes and launches, including: • BigQuery support for unstructured data • BigLake support for Iceberg and more • BigQuery + Spark integration • Dataplex data lineage and data quality checks • Connected Sheets + BigQuery & Looker • Looker, Looker Studio, & Looker Studio Pro
2 — Wait Wait There is More!
I’ve created a playlist of 30+ videos that are #MUSTWATCH for you! See it below. You’ll find sessions on BigLake, Analytics Hub, Looker & Looker Studio, Templates for Multi-Cloud FinOps, Architecture Guidance for moving to the Google Data Cloud and even a recap by Sanjeev Mohan, Doug Henschen and Tony Baer
3 — What You Might Have Missed!
BigQuery Omni has a free trial and a self-paced lab to get started here.
Watch L’Oréal’s Antoine Castex and Accenture’s Luis Polanco below to learn how they are using it at their organization!
4 — Why Your Company Needs Data-Product Managers
A MUST READ by Randy Bean, Tom Davenport and Shail Jain in Harvard Business Review. Some great highlights:
A recent survey of data scientists found that the majority saw 20% or fewer of their models go into production deployment.
Data product management responsibilities don’t end with deployment. Data product managers are responsible for ensuring and measuring the ongoing use and value of the data product on a quarterly basis, whether the product has internal or external customers.
Stevenson sees three co-equal leaders of the product effort: a data product manager, a data scientist, and an engineering lead.
More here.
5 — The Problem with Communication is….
The Illusion that it actually happened!
❤️ this piece by Daniel Pink on effective #communication. It relates to what I think is the #1 problem with communication, namely: ‘the illusion that it actually happened’. In this Stanford GSB Executive Education post, Dan makes the case that: “When It Comes to Communication, Less Isn’t More”. Some great insights:
Employees are 10 times (!) more likely to be frustrated by leaders who under-communicate than those who over-communicate.
A boss who overloads you with information may be frustrating, but one who leaves you in the dark may come off as uncaring.
Ask employees about their personal communication preferences, and when in doubt, increase the amount of task-related communication.
More here.
EXTRAS
Time Management or Time Machine?!
Love reading this piece by Dorie Clark and Laura Vanderkam in Harvard Business Review. I remember working with Arun Ulag, Eric Swift and Tom Casey on a PowerPivot app we called “Calendar Analytics” some 11 years ago! I even have the video to prove it! ;) — see below!
Now, we have Calendar Insights in Google Workspace but it’s cool to see that these principles still stay true! :)
GoogleNEXT in Person!
WOW Oh #WOW. My first in person #GoogleNext was AMAZING. The #customers, the #partners and the many #Googlers I had worked with on this remotely…reunited in person! I’m not going to flood you with all the links to our announces so instead posting a few photos to #THANKYOU all for making it happen! It’s been #incredible….AND it’s just the beginning!
