When it comes to attracting and retaining qualified talent things are heating up. According to McLean & Company, top priorities have shifted dramatically under the HR umbrella. “Facing the pressures of a competitive labor market, rapid technological advancements, and evolving human capital trends, HR’s focus in 2025 must be on developing... Read more >
The rise of organic data governance in upstream energy signifies a transformative approach to managing and utilizing data as a corporate asset within the industry. This development is particularly notable against the backdrop of increasing complexities in energy operations, driven by technological advancements and stringent regulatory... Read more >
"We think Apple Intelligence is going to be indispensable to the products that already play such an integral role in our lives," CEO Tim Cook said recently during the keynote at Apple's (AAPL) annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The new in-house AI system will be integrated across iPhones, Macs, and iPads. Apple also announced the integration of OpenAI's ChatGPT to its voice assistant Siri at no extra cost... Read more >
Data is the lifeblood of today's economy and influences every aspect of business operations from strategic planning to customer engagement. Effective data management is essential for decision making at all organizational levels. Aligned with PPDM’s mission to support our community of data professionals, we’ve established a program to foster the growth and development of critical competencies. As organizations across all industries increasingly rely on data to inform their strategies, the demand for skilled... Read more >
What is today's data panacea? In my many decades of work in the data disciplines, dozens of technologies have emerged claiming they will "fix" bad data. Creating a data solution that works for everyone is incredibly difficult. The trouble comes, of course, when you think about “data” both tactically and strategically. It’s hard to create corporate or master data strategies when every user group you talk to has a different idea of what “good” should look like... Read more >
Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligent Executive Scroll through any news feed and the headlines about Artificial Intelligence, or AI, abound. While Elon Musk predicts it could be our downfall and technophiles predict a brave new world, the reality is that most companies will struggle to strategically deploy Artificial Intelligence... Read more >
Introduction Sustainability data management is no longer about regulatory reporting. It’s now an integral part of the data fabric that drives corporate decisions and actions, changing the entire landscape of how business is executed. Companies are now navigating the next frontier in the global economy in a world that has sustainability emphasized on almost every product or service delivered. Regulatory reporting has traditionally been viewed as a cost of doing business, introducing constraints that companies... Read more >
The promise of DataOps is compelling even though the term has progressed through the hype cycle for years now and, for many, little impact has yet been achieved. DataOps is defined as the application of Agile DevOps methods and tools to our data engineering disciplines. This concept has succeeded in becoming the preferred approach for creation of quality data products. However, the early hype promised 10x productivity gains for data engineering teams adopting this method. That created urgency in the early stages and may now be generating disappointment for those not experiencing a step level change. The potential remains strong... Read more >
Master data refers to the essential data elements that provide a consistent and unified view of key entities within an organization, such as customers, products, suppliers, and employees. Within Energy, master data would refer to the ‘Well’, the ‘Facility’, the ‘Store’ or an ‘Asset’ and the associated critical data that goes with it to identify ‘what it is’. While master data management (MDM) is crucial for maintaining data integrity and supporting business processes, it goes ignored within the mid-large oil and gas... Read more >
Whether inconsistent, inaccurate, ambiguous or just plain wrong, bad data is a big barrier to digital transformation. Digital transformation initiatives are challenging to complete in many organizations. When data issues block the path forward, progress stops... Read more >