I outline four steps that could help organizations maximize their data assets for public good:
1) Develop methodologies to measure the value of data.
2) Develop structures to incentivize collaboration. 
3) Encourage data collaboratives. Data collaboratives are an emerging form of public-private partnership that enable sharing and co-creation of value. Data sharing must not become a vehicle for privacy violations or other risks to individual rights. Building trust is essential to fostering the benefits of sharing; it is therefore critical that strong privacy protections (e.g., in the form of anonymized, aggregated data) are built into the structure and governance of data collaboratives.
4) Identify and nurture data stewards. Data stewards are individuals or teams tasked with proactively initiating, facilitating, and coordinating sharing across organizations and sectors, with the goal of maximizing both the private monetary and public value of data assets.