Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation?
I find the most powerful way to increase data literacy is by working with data aligned business leaders, to act as data champions: training, newsletters, and our data office presenting in meetings all work well. But when staff hear the messages on the importance of data and our data strategy from their own teams, it is far more powerful. Some examples include:
● The establishment of a data champion network across our business teams;
● The creation of a super users forum to serve as a more technical focus group for enhancements to our data platforms;
● A data science community of practice, to promote citizen data science;
● Being active participants in key change programs across all of our businesses.
I am also a big believer of data storytelling, and analogies that equate data to terms that our business already knows and uses. For example, our data strategy is predicated on treating data as an asset. Just like managing any asset, we need to understand what assets we have, where we have them, and any restrictions on their use. This translates well to our data management activity.