Governance

The dirty secret of data governance is that most approaches fail because they treat it as a constraint rather than a capability. But in lakehouses, governance isn’t just about control—it’s about enabling speed through trust. Think of it like city planning: good governance doesn’t just prevent problems, it enables possibilities.

The most successful lakehouse implementations treat governance as a fundamental design principle, not a regulatory overhead. When done right, it becomes the invisible force that makes everything else possible.