The data ownership mindsets that drive AI success

The secret to elevating data governance and AI success? It’s all about mindset. Gaurav Patole, Principal Data Strategist, Data & AI Governance Specialist at ThoughtWorks, reveals how the principles of physics can revolutionize how organizations handle data quality. In a world flooded with unstructured chaos—PDFs, videos, emails—how do you ensure AI models trust what they see? Gaurav’s innovative ‘Newton’s laws’ for data quality offer a surprisingly simple, yet profoundly powerful framework to align technical practices with business value. You’ll discover: Why pushing technical jargon in business conversations causes resistance—and how to flip that dynamic The real meaning of a data product: the smallest unit of business impact and how to identify it How organizations tend to fragment data governance—and what steps can unify data at scale The evolving role of data marketplaces and AI in simplifying access, ownership and quality controls Insights from a decade of data mesh experience, including the culture shift needed to make data as a product a reality You can find Gaurav’s book at https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-us/insights/books/data-quality-roi and check out more episodes at Collibra.com/podcasts