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What Counts?

by TrailBlazer Consulting, LLC

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  • Data Lifecycle: The Cost of Keeping Everything Forever

    October 19, 2026 · 10 min

    Data Lifecycle: The Cost of Keeping Everything Forever In Episode 145, a lightning round that takes on the keeping everything forever mentality. Staff lose time every day hunting through duplicate versions. Eventually someone shares the…

  • Training vs Automation in Information Governance

    October 5, 2026 · 10 min

    Training vs automation in information governance is a risk decision, not a technology preference. In this lightning round, Lee Karas and Maura Dunn explain why training alone rarely holds. At maturity level one, a program works only when…

  • Information Governance Policies: The Three That Matter Most

    September 21, 2026 · 18 min

    Why You Need Information Governance Policies Why do you need information governance policies? In this lightning round of What Counts, Lee Karas and Maura Dunn explain how policy turns records into dependable evidence. First, Maura shows…

  • Information Governance Risk: Breach vs Access Loss

    September 7, 2026 · 20 min

    Most people hear "information governance risk" and think immediately of a data breach. In this lightning round, Lee Karas and Maura Dunn argue that the breach is only one risk on the list, and often not the one that costs you most. They…

  • Records vs Non-Records: What Counts as Evidence

    August 24, 2026 · 9 min

    Records vs Non-Records: What Counts as Evidence Records vs non-records is the first distinction any information governance program has to get right, and most organizations never make it explicitly. In the opening episode of our lightning…

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  • Records Metadata vs Keyword Search: Making Records Findable

    August 10, 2026 · 22 min

    Records findability starts at the point of creation Trustworthy information has four attributes. It must be accurate, reliable, timely, and findable. Last episode covered the first two. This week, Lee Karas and Maura Dunn take on the…

  • Records Capture at the Point of Creation: Provenance and Proof

    July 28, 2026 · 14 min

    Provenance decides whether your data is AI-ready Everyone wants to point AI at their content repositories. Maura Dunn's position in Episode 139 is simpler than that. A model can only be as trustworthy as the data feeding it. Provenance…

  • Document Version Control: Why AI Picks Your Worst Copy

    July 13, 2026 · 23 min

    Universal search was designed to bring you the universe. So is your AI assistant. Lee and Maura take on the two questions they left hanging last episode: how do you know which version is the last one, and how do you know your data is…

  • Data Capture Controls: How to Prepare for an Audit

    June 29, 2026 · 27 min

    Corporate data capture risk is a critical vulnerability that can completely disrupt an enterprise during sudden regulatory compliance audits or high-stakes litigation holds. Welcome back to What Counts, the podcast that digs into the messy…

  • Duplicate Records: 3 Rules to Stop Uncontrolled Copies

    June 15, 2026 · 20 min

    Clean dashboards and reliable data don't happen by accident. In this episode of What Counts, Lee Karas and Maura Dunn pick up from the shift from records management to information governance and move into the three action principles that…

  • Records Management vs. Information Governance: The Difference

    June 1, 2026 · 18 min

    What's the difference between records management and information governance — and why should anyone running a business care? In this episode of What Counts, Lee Karas and Maura Dunn step back from the weeds of counterparty data to answer a…

  • Vendor Master Data: Centralizing Counterparty Information

    May 18, 2026 · 13 min

    Welcome back to "What Count," the podcast where information governance meets contract lifecycle management. In this episode, Lee and Maura explore the critical next step after solving your counterparty data chaos: maintaining control of…

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About the show

Welcome to What Counts? by TrailBlazer Consulting. The hosts, Maura Dunn and Lee Karas bring over 30 years of experience consulting with public and private organizations across industries including energy, biotech, manufacturing, and technology. We discuss proven solutions developed working with companies to solve their information and data management challenges. The typical What Counts? episode is around 15 minutes long, and each episode focuses on one aspect of information, data, or records management. We provide insight into practical ways to assess, evaluate, recommend, implement, and monitor records and information management programs – and we illustrate our ideas with anecdotes and case studies drawn from our clients. Look us up on the web at www.TrailBlazer.us.com. Or, send us an email at Info@TrailBlazer.us.com.