Learning Data Analytics & Data Governance

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Listen to Wendy Zhang as she talks about how you can learn analytics if you want to pursue a career in data. She also talks about how a data analytics education can come in many forms, and not just from having a formal degree. Wendy also emphasizes the importance of accomplishing low-hanging fruits early on when establishingyour dataframework, and how these can help change the mindsets of people working for your organization.
What You’ll Learn From This Episode
  • Wendy Zhang’s analytical background
  • Theoretical data in school vs real-life analytics
  • 80% of data science is spent on cleaning up the data
  • Other ways that you can learn data analytics
  • Main principles of data governance
  • Howcanyou utilize data as an asset?
  • Mindset is one of the biggest roadblocks in data culture
  • How do you identify and prioritize your data assets?
  • Analytical technologies should have the ability to integrate with one another and with the existing platform
  • The model is only as good as its labels
  • Challenges surrounding the data governance space
  • How having a single source of truth (SSOT) can benefit your organization
  • Centralized vs decentralized Strategies
About The Show

The Analytic Mind is your guide to navigating the evolving frontier of data, AI, & intelligent business.

Hosted by Sam McKay, CEO of EnterpriseDNA, this show dives into real-world use cases, technical strategies, and the mental models behind smart decision-making.

Each episode challenges you to move beyond tools to think critically, act strategically, and build with impact.

Whether you're refining your analytics skills or shaping your organization's data vision, this is where insight meets execution.

Stay sharp. Stay ahead. Think like an analytic mind.