Bottega: Be Pragmatic, Be Understood

"Amid all the turmoil and confusion, I would encourage you to think about being pragmatic," Bottega told attendees. "As data managers, we have to be pragmatic in the way we approach and solve problems, how we describe our strategies and vision, and how we bring benefits to our institutions."

However, he said that this continues to be a challenge when dealing with those outside the data function. "What we do isn't sexy…. It never makes headlines except when we do something wrong," he said. "So it