Every organisation wants to make data easier to access while keeping it consistent, secure, and compliant. That’s the goal. But then comes the challenge, an operational one rather than a conceptual one. It’s true, opening access speeds up decisions, but it multiplies duplication, privacy risks, and ownership confusion. Tightening governance restores order but kills agility.
So the same questions keep coming back. Who owns what? How far can self-service go before chaos starts? How much central control is needed when every team wants autonomy? If you’ve asked yourself those, you’ve probably also wondered how to define the right operating model. How to roll it out across the organisation while facing the pushback that always follows. What it takes in cost, time, steps, and impact to make it work.
You’re not the only one. So let’s talk about it. Let's talk about enforcing principles, delegating authority, and measuring trust in practice. What controls hold up? What break under scale? How to build confidence in data without creating bottlenecks? A closed conversation focused on what’s working, what isn’t, and where the balance lies.
