Don't start with "We need a Data Governance Charter." Start with: "Our sales reporting is broken because region codes are inconsistent." Solve real business pain. Governance emerges as the solution, not the goal.
Traditional governance creates a "Governance Police" and "Business Users." NIDG embeds governance roles into business units. The business user realizes that the governance team exists to make their report run faster, not to grade their work. Don't start with "We need a Data Governance Charter
Policy should be enforced by systems, not people. Instead of asking people to "Please follow naming conventions," write a script that rejects non-conforming files upon upload and tells the user why. The system is doing the governing
The system is doing the governing. The user just clicks a button. Resistance is zero. Don't start with "We need a Data Governance Charter