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data culture

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈkʌl.tʃər/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The thing a poster is bought to fix, on the model of curing a leak by framing a photograph of a dry ceiling.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The shared habits and incentives by which an organization actually defines, trusts, and acts on its data, beyond what any policy states.

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See also

change managementThe workstream that explains the new tool to the people who will still lack the authority the old tool was missing.
data championA title awarded in lieu of time, headcount, or authority, on the understanding that enthusiasm is a kind of budget.
enablementThe function that hands teams a self-service portal to a decision that still requires three approvals they are not on.
town hallA broadcast styled as a conversation: the questions are pre-submitted, the hard one is read aloud, and the answer is taken offline, where it remains.