DATA SCIENTISTS SPEND ABOUT
OF THEIR TIME CLEANING AND ORGANISING DATA AND
19 % COLLECTING DATA SETS
DATA SCIENTISTS SPEND ABOUT
60 %
OF THEIR TIME CLEANING AND ORGANISING DATA AND
19 % COLLECTING DATA SETS
It’ s not a project. It’ s not a little thing within some part of the organisation, it should be one of the things that’ s most central, just like you think of the finances of an organisation.
“ It’ s that shift in thinking to think that data is something that matters to all of us, as opposed to data is something that’ s relegated to some group that we all only call upon when we need them.”
Having the boardroom on board Ultimately, the most compelling case for data governance is a strategic one. In the AI era, the quality of governance
226 September 2025