About this episode

This episode explores the daily responsibilities and challenges faced by data stewards in maintaining trustworthy enterprise data.

What does a day in the life of a data steward really look like? This podcast pulls back the curtain on the people who keep enterprise data trustworthy, usable, and compliant. We will discuss how these data steward navigate through the rhythms of their day—triaging data incidents, curating metadata, negotiating business definitions, enforcing access controls, and coordinating fixes across engineering, analytics, and business teams. We explore both process realities and the best practices in place to ensure trust. Listeners will hear examples of the types of data sources stewards wrestle with and learn how stewards set and enforce quality rules, measure trust, and assign clear ownership to ensure accountability. From root-cause investigations and remediation workflows to balancing speed with governance, the podcast surfaces recurring pain points and pragmatic solutions, with real-world stories, lessons learned, and actionable tips for improving processes, tooling, and cross-team collaboration. Key Topics of Discussion: The evolving role of data stewards How data stewards act as “data guardians,” ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and usable across the business, and how the role…

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