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"Single source of truth"

"Single source of truth" means one authoritative location or system where the correct, up-to-date version of information is stored.

Say this instead: the one official source

How "Single source of truth" shows up at work

Born in databases, now deployed in every planning meeting where three people have three conflicting spreadsheets. Naming a single source of truth is the easy part; getting everyone to actually use it is not.

Buzzword

We need a single source of truth for campaign performance data.

Plain English

We need the one official source for campaign performance data.

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