The Origin of Vox Fori

Why write this blog?

I have considered writing a blog for several years. It felt like a natural extension of my career and personal interests. I enjoy teaching. I have strong opinions on a variety of topics. I am passionate about sharing knowledge.

But, until now, I have not had enough unique content to share. In the past, every time I had an idea for blog content, I found that someone else had already written on the subject and I had few novel insights to share.

So, what’s changed? In a word, data.

Organizations (and their product teams) are still figuring out data. DataOps, data monetization, data management - and pretty much any other topic with the word data in it - are the focus of many strategic planning sessions.

Data is not new. Neither is product management. However, as a product manager in the data management space, I have noticed a dearth of content to help educate and prepare product managers for the data leadership role that has become a core part of their responsibilities.

And so, with excitement, optimism, and maybe just a touch of trepidation, I introduce you, dear reader, to Vox Fori. Loosely translated from Latin, that is the “Voice of the Market.” It’s actually the “voice of the forum,” but forum in the sense of a gathering place for trading both goods and knowledge, which today, we refer to as “the market.”