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DataIQ Member’s Briefing – What does great data literacy look like?

Data literacy definitions vary between organisations, but the results and goals are similar for everyone. DataIQ members debated what great data literacy should look like and why.

DataIQ members discuss data literacy and data culture at the 2023 DataIQ Discussion.

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Data Literacy versus Data Culture – DataIQ’s view

DataIQ explains the differences between data literacy and data culture, as understanding the differences is essential to achieve buy in and support from business leaders.

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CDO Challenges – Being aware of data literacy problems

This edition of CDO Challenges delves into the problems non-data departments experience with data literacy which can hamper wider data culture development objectives.

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New Data Literacy Assessment available for DataIQ members

DataIQ members can now use the DataIQ Data Literacy Assessment to evaluate team-specific data literacy credentials and implement improvements.

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DataIQ Leaders briefing – Three tips for driving up your organisation’s data literacy in 2022

If organisations are going to survive, and thrive, in rapidly changing market conditions, it is vital that the workforce can understand, question and articulate data-driven insights. At two Leaders roundtables held in December 2021, attendees discussed their current challenges, plans and success stories with regards to data literacy and training initiatives.

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The GSK approach to driving up data literacy

GSK’s Paul Sarjeant and Kelly Katerakis outline the story behind the establishment of GSK’s Data Academy - an organisation-wide initiative to drive up data literacy.

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CDO Challenges – Building data literacy across an organisation

In this ongoing series, DataIQ examines the challenges faced by CDOs such as how data literacy can be built across an entire organisation. We will look at where CDOs can identify the starting points and the introductory steps that can be taken to create a foundation for business-wide success.

DataIQ members discussed data and AI culture to measure business value through literacy programmes at the Multiverse roundtable.

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Embedding data and AI culture to measure business value through literacy programmes

Multiverse hosted a roundtable at the 2024 DataIQ 100 Discussion where members delved into how they are achieving value through data and AI cultures and improving literacy.

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Reading data right – the case for data literacy

“This illustrates the need for greater data literacy globally - consumers should be able to understand data not as an abstract concept, but as something that relates to their lives and the decisions they make every day.” These were the words of Dr...

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CDO Challenges – Data literacy means making better decisions

Data literacy is essential It cannot be overstated how much importance needs to be placed on data literacy. Organisations that do not have data literacy will struggle to be competitive, consistently make the wrong choices and are letting a valuable resource go untapped. CDOs must step up and insist upon data literacy training and […]

Two data leaders, a woman and a man, at a roundtable discussing data culture at the DataIQ discussion event in 2022.

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5 ways to spot strong data culture

[…] different business operations, rather than the data office having to push data findings onto individuals and departments. The use of dashboards has been instrumental in improving data literacy and heightening data culture within organisations. Data leaders should use dashboards to see who is regularly monitoring data, taking ownership of data and asking questions of […]

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Understanding organisational literacy rates

Data literacy is a challenge faced by all data teams, but to improve the rates and spread of data literacy, CDOs must understand how data literacy looks in different departments.

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Five ways to spot strong data culture

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How the Data Science Campus is driving up data literacy in Whitehall

[…] restrictions on our everyday lives. Naturally, this has brought a greater degree of public scrutiny to the application of data in government decision making. To that end, the Data Science Campus has been running a “data masterclass for senior leaders” course since late 2020 - with the aim of driving up data literacy in Whitehall.

Diana Schildhouse discussing the AI revolution.

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AI Revolution – Essential insights from the DataIQ 100 Summit

[…] Insights Officer, Colgate Palmolive discussed her four-part strategy for leading the AI revolution: A business-first approach. Communicating a vision through a concise strategy. The promotion of data literacy. Creating value. A business-first approach With a business-first approach, data leaders and the wider organisations can benefit from several advantages, including the prioritisation of customers, […]

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Skills in demand – Finance data skills gap becoming a worrying normality

Data literacy is key The research is based on 200 senior managers and higher in financial services – 100 based in the UK, and 100 in the USA. It has shown that 31% of respondents acknowledge there is a lack of data literacy skills across their organisation and 27% stating they do not have […]

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5 reasons why data literacy is so hard to achieve

[…] that forecasting is now driven by insights into market and customer headroom. This was clear enough when we asked these same organisations about the level of data literacy beyond the data department – 71% described it as moderate, with skills just starting to develop among certain stakeholders. Of greatest concern is the fact that […]

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DataIQ Leaders briefing – Accelerating your organisation’s data maturity

[…] giving in to instinct and rushing in to pick up the pieces, for example by cleaning and remediating low-quality data, data teams can’t expect to breed the literacy and accountability needed to ensure a sustainable flow of high-quality data from the business. As one member in the pharmaceutical sector put it: “Controlling everything doesn’t […]

Robbie Priddle, Head of Data Enablement, Specsavers, and Kate Jones, Head of Data Product and Strategy, Coventry Building Society, at the 2024 DataIQ 100 Summit.

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How to win adoption of your data

[…] we start the conversation by unpacking what you are accountable for and how that is supporting the wider goal of democratising data and driving up the data literacy in your organisation? Kate Jones (KJ): I am responsible for product management, so I have a team of product owners and that is the delivery arm […]

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Data breach risks – Poor data management at six in ten financial institutions

[…] is held in the organisation, 35% believe the data world is too difficult and complex to understand and 31% agreed that there is a lack of data literacy in the business. It has been discussed by DataIQ members that the language used by data professionals needs to be accessible and simplified for those that […]

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