The Decision Wobegon Effect
Jim Harris (@ocdqblog) asks, Are your business decisions affected by the Decision Wobegon Effect?
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Blogger-in-Chief at Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality (OCDQ)
Blogger-in-Chief at Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality (OCDQ)
Jim Harris is a recognized data quality thought leader with 25 years of enterprise data management industry experience. Jim is an independent consultant, speaker, and freelance writer. Jim is the Blogger-in-Chief at Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality, an independent blog offering a vendor-neutral perspective on data quality and its related disciplines, including data governance, master data management, and business intelligence.
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