Wednesday Word: April 28, 2010
Jim Harris in Data Quality tagged Data Governance, Humor, Wednesday Word Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 3:00AM Wednesday Word is an OCDQ regular segment intended to provide an occasional alternative to my Wordless Wednesday posts. Wednesday Word provides a word (or words) of the day, including both my definition and an example of recommended usage.
Antidisillusionmentarianism
Definition – A corporate philosophy opposed to freeing executive management from any of their own illusions or false beliefs.
Example – “I explained that we have serious data quality problems and most of them have business process or people issues as their root causes, and that according to every industry data governance maturity model, our organization was very undisciplined, and that buying more technology wasn’t the solution—and then the CEO fired me for violating antidisillusionmentarianism.”
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Reader Comments (2)
Love the long word made up from another (real) long word.
How about one made up from one made up? Care to derive a meaning?
'SuperQualiFragileDataExtremeAllBeCautious'
Mary Poppins never had data quality issues.
Excellent Wednesday Word Phil!
Mary Poppins definitely never had data quality issues because she knew that:
In every data job that must be done
If there's a data element of fun
Then you'll find there's no one to blame
Because the job's become a game
When every data task you undertake
Becomes a high quality piece of cake
It's not a lark, but a fun-filled spree
Then every data steward can clearly see
That...
A spoonful of sugar helps the number of data defects go down
The number of data defects go down
The number of data defects go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the number of data defects go down
In a most delightful way
A data analyst preparing their report
Has very little time to resort
To data cleansing all day long
But when the data is so very wrong
They'll be quite content in their pursuit
If they have a merry tune to toot
Because they know singing a happy song
Will always merrily move the job along
Because...
A spoonful of sugar helps the number of data defects go down
The number of data defects go down
The number of data defects go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the number of data defects go down
In a most delightful way