Beyond data lakes: exploring the vastness of data oceans for true equity

Data ocean is the foundations for true equity

“If you think of a data lake as a body of water, then without careful management, a lake can quickly become a swamp. Data lakes are only as useful as the data they contain and the insights they provide.” — Unknown.

This month, I had the honour of participating as a guest panelist at the Toronto design meet-up event, Design Meets, a long-standing feature in Toronto design circles. The event, hosted by Pivot Design Group, one of Toronto’s premiere design service companies, and this instance was moderated by Michael Anton Dila from Oslo for AI, a non-profit project organization, here in the city of Toronto. Oslo for AI specializes in more community driven exploits that informs better governance practices of AI, an untapped space for Tech Humanistic endeavours in a world so heavily indexed on the technology itself, along with the financial gains to be had. Both these companies embody my own ethos and self dubbed title, Tech Humanist, seeking to ensure that human centred design be central to every AI powered system.