Jimm Johnson
VP, Professional Development at the Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) and longtime data governance leader (formerly Senior Manager of Data Governance at HireRight), with 25+ years across banking, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and restaurant industries.
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Aug 27, 2026
Barbara NeshawHOST
How does data governance function as proactive risk management rather than reactive compliance?
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
Everywhere that I've I've built and scaled a data governance program, I've always inevitably intersected with risk management.
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
And in some cases, they already had data related risk management practices in place.
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
But you know, the proactive is if it doesn't exist, we're going to start it, we're going to partner with risk management, and we're going to we're going to start.
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Barbara NeshawHOST
What role does accountability play in turning policies and standards into lived practice?
Barbara NeshawHOST
So what causes stakeholder support for data governance to remain passive rather than active? And what is the impact on the progress of data governance?
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
So, gosh, there's so many reasons, right? I think probably among the most common reasons are no personal or professional risk.
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
Failure can't be tied to them or maybe it could be tied to them and they want to avoid that.
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
So you got to find people that have some skin in the game, which means maybe a problem that you have in common or a problem you can help with.
Jimm JohnsonGUEST
They could be overwhelmed, too many competing goals, priorities, limited budget.
Barbara NeshawHOST
How should governance leaders tailor their messages for executives versus the operational teams?