Data Governance For AI Readiness: The Foundation Your Strategy Can’t Afford to Skip

Key Takeaways Organizations with formal data governance programs are 21% more likely to report high trust in their data than those without one. This is a critical disconnect when AI is in the picture. The highest-performing organizations aren’t running data strategy and data governance as separate tracks; they’re running them together, and that alignment is what separates durable AI programs from expensive pilots.