Quantifying Data Debt: Measuring the Long-Term Cost of Poor Data Practices
In many organisations, data behaves like a growing forest—lush, complex, and full of potential. Yet without careful stewardship, weeds of inconsistency, duplication, and inaccuracy begin to choke its roots. What starts as a small tangle of neglected records eventually becomes an impenetrable thicket—slowing decision-making, distorting insights, and burdening innovation. This overgrowth is what experts call…