Information Governance is about finding balance. The reality of today’s organizations means that we are regularly called upon to balance opposing initiatives. How do we reach a compromise when the Legal Department sees information as mainly a risk, when IT sees information as mainly a cost, and end users only see value in information?

The answer is always the same: bring people together to share their competing priorities and reach a consensus on the policies and practices that make sense for our organization. Once that framework has been developed, then we can turn to technology to make it happen. It is possible to collaborate in a secure environment. It is possible to reduce mailbox sizes without having users create personal archives. It is possible to reduce litigation risks and cost through the defensible deletion of information.

The art and the science of Information Governance is finding balance among competing priorities, even when different parts of your organization have very different information priorities.

Welcome to Balance Matters!