{"product_id":"9798868831799","title":"Executive Data Quality Playbook Building Trust in Your KPIs, Dashboards and Strategic Insights","description":"\u003ch1\u003eExecutive Data Quality Playbook\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBuilding Trust in Your KPIs, Dashboards and Strategic Insights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSheik Isaacs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Data Science \/ Data Analytics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIBM research reveals that poor data quality costs the U.S. economy $3.1 trillion annually. Yet for most executives, this is an invisible problem—data looks reasonable, dashboards are polished, and trends appear logical. Until a quarterly projection is built on corrupted revenue data, a $50 million acquisition is approved on overstated retention numbers, or a client relationship collapses because portfolio performance figures were systematically wrong for three months.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Executive Data Quality Playbook\u003c\/em\u003e solves this problem at its source: the executive level. Unlike IT-focused data quality guides that address schema validation and field-level cleansing, this book operates entirely from the C-suite perspective. Every chapter is designed to answer the question that actually matters to leaders: \"Can I trust this data to make a decision that will define my organization's future?\" The book introduces the Decision-Grade Data Classification System—a four-tier framework that matches data quality requirements to decision stakes, from Operational decisions (85% confidence threshold) to Bet-the-Company decisions (99.5%+ confidence threshold). This framework becomes the organizational standard for knowing which data to trust, when to trust it, and what to do when that trust breaks down.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eExecutives receive the 24-Hour Data Quality Emergency Protocol, Executive Data Quality Dashboard templates, RACI accountability matrices, stakeholder trust-rebuilding roadmaps, vendor assessment frameworks, and technology ROI calculators. Each tool is field-tested—developed through 23+ years of managing high-stakes data quality at scale in one of the world's most complex financial institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book targets a gap that no existing publication fills: practical, executive-level data quality management that requires no technical background, delivers immediate results, and builds sustainable organizational capability. For any leader who has ever made a strategic decision and quietly wondered if the data was actually telling the truth, this book is the system they have been missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eWhat You Will Learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eHow to assess, contain, and communicate any data quality crisis using a proven 24-Hour Emergency Protocol — turning a potential career-defining disaster into a managed, recoverable situation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eHow to build an Executive Data Quality Dashboard that delivers early-warning signals before bad data corrupts a strategic decision — giving you real-time visibility into the trustworthiness of your most critical information. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eHow to classify data by decision-grade confidence requirements — applying the right quality standard to the right decision, so quality-control effort lands where the stakes are highest instead of being spread thin across everything. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eHow to protect the integrity of the KPIs your board, investors, and leadership team rely on — so the metrics that tell your company's story can withstand hard scrutiny. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eHow to future-proof your organization against emerging risks like AI-generated data and automation errors — keeping your decisions trustworthy as your tools and business evolve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eWho This Book is for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThis book is for leaders who make decisions on data they can't personally verify and want to trust it with their eyes open — no technical background required. It speaks directly to  C-Suite Executives (CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Board and Audit Committee Members, Senior Managers and VPs, Finance, Risk, and Compliance Leaders and Data Governance and Quality Professionals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Sheik M. Isaacs is an enterprise data quality and AI governance executive with 23+ years of leadership in regulated financial services. His data quality experience spans three distinct enterprise roles at a global financial institution.  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs Director of Data Governance \u0026amp; AI Transformation, he led the design and deployment of data quality controls across the enterprise—embedding governance standards into high-impact business processes and mitigating data risk at scale. As a Data Tracing Quality Manager, he directed end-to-end data quality operations including data profiling, source comparison, and quality assessment across critical management and regulatory reports. And as a Data Analytics Manager in Internal Audit, he led the Business Intelligence and Analytics team to build enterprise risk-monitoring dashboards, producing data quality reporting delivered directly to board audit committees and senior leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eComplementing his corporate leadership with graduate-level teaching and curriculum design, Dr. Isaacs brings his deep practitioner expertise to graduate classrooms—designing and teaching courses in AI Ethics \u0026amp; Privacy, Data Analytics, Data Governance, and AI-Optimized Business Operations. An expert in agentic AI architectures and advanced prompt engineering, he actively deploys frontier AI platforms to drive measurable productivity gains across complex governance workflows. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Walden University, five CIMP certifications spanning Data Quality, Data Governance, Data Modeling, Metadata Management, and Master Data Management, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified Product Owner (CPO) designation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApress\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApress\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798868831799\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51460140531852,"sku":"9798868831799","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798868831799","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}