AI is messy: here's how to clean up your data before it derails your strategy
THE SO WHAT
Most AI programs are quietly becoming data-governance audits in disguise—fragmented, inconsistent enterprise data is still the primary failure mode, not model choice. If you don't have a single accountable owner for the core datasets feeding your AI roadmap, that's the real blocker this quarter.
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