E579 - Data Culture That Actually Delivers With AI

Chris Morgan, VP of Data Science at Lincoln Financial Group, joins me to unpack what a real data culture looks like inside a complex, highly regulated business that has policies on the books for decades. We talk about how to turn Gen AI buzz into real value, why governance and quality suddenly matter to everyone, and how to tackle data technical debt without stalling delivery.

Chris shares concrete ways he finds champions in the business, balances centralized and federated models, and keeps stakeholders excited about the future while he quietly fixes the messy data...