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AI Governance & Responsible AI February 18, 2026 · 12 min read

AI Governance Is Not AI Ethics: A Practical Framework for Enterprise AI Oversight

A practical framework for enterprise AI governance that maps NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act risk tiers, and SR 11-7 into a unified operating model with clear decision rights, risk classification, validation processes, and monitoring capabilities.

#ai-governance#nist-ai-rmf#eu-ai-act#model-risk-management

Industry Teardowns February 15, 2026 · 10 min read

Breaking Down Uber's Data Quality Platform: What Works, What Doesn't, and What It Means for the Rest of Us

A critical analysis of Uber's five-system data quality ecosystem -- DQM, D3, UDQ, Databook, and DataCentral -- examining what is genuinely innovative, what is standard practice in disguise, and which patterns are worth adopting at any scale.

#data-quality#uber#data-observability#DQM

Data Governance & Management February 12, 2026 · 12 min read

The Data Governance Maturity Model Most Organizations Get Wrong (And a Practical Alternative)

Why dominant data governance maturity models like CMMI DMM, DCAM, and Gartner measure documentation completeness instead of governance effectiveness, and a practical outcome-driven framework built around decision rights, data literacy, and measurable business impact.

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