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Wendy Turner-Williams

5 Takeaways from Forrester’s Data Literacy Report

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New Forrester research shows a wide gap between the need for data literacy training in companies and what employees are receiving.

Josh Tapley

A Data Literacy Checklist

Josh Tapley

Josh Tapley

Senior Director, Data Visualization, Comcast

Josh Tapley from Comcast describes how intuitive data drives higher use and greater literacy.

Merav Yuravlivker

Unlocking Data Literacy on the Job

Merav Yuravlivker

Merav Yuravlivker

CEO and Co-Founder, Data Society

Data Society CEO and Co-Founder Merav Yuravlivker explains how to make data literacy stick and help solve business problems along with steps data leaders can take to close the gap between business users and data teams.

Where Data Culture and Data Community Meet

Eva Murray

Eva Murray

Senior Evangelist, Snowflake

The important steps to building a data culture, are building data communities. Snowflake's Technical Evangelist, Eva Murray, asks can one exist without the other?

Seven Ways to Get Moving with a Data Literacy Program

Glenn Exton

Glenn Exton

Head of Customer Business Analytics, NatWest Group

Glenn Exton, RBS International Head of Data Analytics, discusses seven ways data leaders can create momentum to significantly boost data literacy.

How Data Literacy Enables a Culture of Intent

Wendy Turner-Williams

Wendy Turner-Williams

One of the reasons data literacy skills are so important is that they enable an organization to build and grow a culture of data.

Three Ways to Build Literacy in an Industry Built on Data

Abisola Oni

Data Product Owner, Paystack

Abisola Oni, Data Product Owner at Paystack, discusses how her team is building data literacy across the organization and the vital importance of analyzing and visualizing data in the payments space.

When Technically Right is not Correct

Colm OGrada

Colm O'Grada

Director of Data and Analytics, Tines

If your team feels that their work is not effective, it may be that they have yet to build the rapport and understanding they need with their audience.

5 Ways to Make Data Literacy Stick

Annabelle Rincon

Annabelle Rincon

Head of Tableau Center of Enablement

Annabelle Rincon of Vontobel Asset Management suggests five ways to make data literacy take hold as an initiative, even among users with little prior exposure to sophisticated visualizations.

The Crucial Role of Statistics in Data Literacy

Eva Murray

Eva Murray

Senior Evangelist, Snowflake

If we as data leaders only train people to use different tools without helping them understand what the tools actually do with the data, it’s much easier for them to get bogged down, or worse, arrive at a very wrong answer.

Why Everyone Should Be Data Lit

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“Education does not diminish who you are. It makes you stronger. It makes your workforce stronger. It makes your team stronger. It makes your community stronger.”

Wanted: Four New Data and Analytics Roles

Sukhmeet Panesar

Sukhmeet Panesar

Chief Health Officer at Monstarlab & Senior Adviser to Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England

As the UK moves toward its version of Accountable Care Organizations, Suki Panesar of NHS posits new roles in data and analytics needed to support the transition, roles that apply to nearly all data-driven organizations.

5 Data Culture Lessons from the Public Sector

Adam Mico

Principal, Data Visualization and Enablement at Moderna

If you have the power to do so, pay for training or advocate for it, then encourage people to take advantage of it. It’s good for the people and the organization.

Five Ways to Connect Data Cultures at Decentralized Companies

Adam Mico

Principal, Data Visualization and Enablement at Moderna

Adam Mico of data consultancy Keyrus offers best practices for connecting cultures that are by definition decentralized, with employees who only have worked remotely, who work exclusively in offices, and everything in between.

Why Data Leaders Must Emphasize Good Data Storytelling

Josh Tapley

Josh Tapley

Senior Director, Data Visualization, Comcast

As data leaders, we need to scale the belief in and ability to distill what our users need to take away from the rising tide of information so they make better decisions.

Twelve Barriers Inhibiting the Progress of Data Literacy and Twelve Solutions to Accelerate Growth

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Ben Jones

Co-Founder & CEO, Data Literacy

Ten data leaders sat down to talk about data literacy. Ben Jones, co-founder and CEO of Data Literacy, summarizes the conversation with twelve barriers inhibiting progress, and twelve creative solutions of how to accelerate growth.

If You Want Meaningful Change, Hire Challengers

Ryan den Rooijen

Chief Ecommerce Officer, Chalhoub Group

Be brave enough to hire people who will challenge your business. That’s the recruiting advice of Ryan den Rooijen of luxury retailer Chalhoub Group.

The Five Elements You Need to Lead a Data Culture

Andrew Beers

Andrew Beers

Chief Technology Officer, Tableau Software

Leading by example when developing your organization’s data culture is the best path to success. Executive buy-in, sponsorship and prioritization of data use paves the way to organization wide adoption, which ultimately leads to better decision-making and strategies that benefit your bottom line.

How a Data Democratizer Gets to Work

Sarah Burnett

Sarah Burnett

Executive Director, Metrics and Measures, Standard Chartered Bank

What does a Head of Data Democratization do on the job? Sarah Burnett shares her charter and KPIs at Citi as she scales up user adoption of data for better decision-making.

A Conversation with a Data Doubter

Paul Chapman

Paul Chapman

Global Director of Performance Management, BI and Innovation, JLL

There are true data believers – and then there are data doubters. Discover how JLL’s Paul Chapman turns cynics into advocates.