Why Unmanaged Self-Service Expands Risk More Than Insight
Self-service analytics adoption is often mistaken for increased insight, but it frequently expands operational risk through fragmented accountability. Decentralized data access without aligned decision rights leads to latent governance gaps that accumulate silently. The resulting erosion of defensibility and traceability exposes leadership to deferred consequences. Recognizing autonomy as a conditional liability reframes the narrative around self-service analytics and its organizational impact.