Most companies slapping the "data product" label on existing data assets are fooling themselves. Bethany Sehon, Enterprise Data Leader at Capital One, has been building data products and ontologies in production long before they became buzzwords. Bethany joins Juan and Tim to share lessons learned: dedicated data product managers (not side-of-desk), ontologists treated as first-class citizens, a VP-accountable governance process, and much more. 

Topics discussed: 
Data products as a discipline, not a label
Governance process as the forcing function 
Dedicated roles, not side-of-desk work 
Ontology as a strategic function 
Standardization is necessary but not sufficient
Less is more on scope 
Trust is consumer-specific
AI expands what counts as a data product

Most companies slapping the "data product" label on existing data assets are fooling themselves. Bethany Sehon, Enterprise Data Leader at Capital One, has been building data products and ontologies in production long before they became buzzwords. Bethany joins Juan and Tim to share lessons learned: dedicated data product managers (not side-of-desk), ontologists treated as first-class citizens, a VP-accountable governance process, and much more.&nbsp;
Topics discussed:&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1">Data products as a discipline, not a label</li>
<li aria-level="1">Governance process as the forcing function&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Dedicated roles, not side-of-desk work&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Ontology as a strategic function&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Standardization is necessary but not sufficient</li>
<li aria-level="1">Less is more on scope&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1">Trust is consumer-specific</li>
<li aria-level="1">AI expands what counts as a data product</li>
</ul>

Catalog and Cocktails is the honest, No-BS, non-sales-y podcast about data and analytics. This is your unfiltered chat about everything interesting in data and analytics. Join Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper to explore emerging topics and hear from thought leaders, practitioners and executives across the data and analytics space.

Catalog and Cocktails is the honest, No-BS, non-sales-y podcast about data and analytics. This is your unfiltered chat about everything interesting in data and analytics. Join Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper to explore emerging topics and hear from thought leaders, practitioners and executives across the data and analytics space.