The adage a picture is worth a thousand words is popularly attributed to Confucius, but according to Wikipedia was born much more recently: "It is believed that the modern use of the phrase stems from an article by Fred R. Barnard in an advertising trade journal, in 1921, promoting the use of images in advertisements". Whatever the source, one thing that is certain is that when the saying was first used, no one was thinking about Data Governance! But they easily could have been...

So I've been blogging for four months now and I've had great feedback, but I had one of those light bulb moments during a conversation with my best friend recently.  It turns out that my friends and family still don't know what it is I do!

“Data Governance is boring”. I’ve heard this said on many occasions and even when not said out loud, there is a certain glazed look which shows that the person who asked what I do, instantly wished they hadn’t!  For me, Data Governance is not at all boring indeed it is a topic about which I am both passionate and fairly vocal.