The Four Most Important Things to Know About Data Governance

In the 2011 film Moneyball, Jonah Hill plays Oakland Athletics Assistant General Manager Peter Brand. He approaches General Manager Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) with an idea: the low-budget, low-talent Athletics can compete with the top teams in the league if they harness the power of data and apply it to player selection. To call Major League Baseball “old-school” up to that point would be an understatement. Despite initial resistance, Brand’s approach is eventually embraced, leading to the Athletics’ success. The disruptive power of data changed the game of baseball forever: today, there are entire conferences devoted to sports analytics.