Editorial, Roundtable Writeup

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.

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Member Article

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.

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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...

Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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 […]

Editorial, Insight

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.

Visitor

Data Literacy Programme

The DataIQ Data Literacy programme At its core, data literacy enables all levels of staff with different objectives to absorb, understand and effectively communicate information in a way that has never-before been possible thanks to technology. According to Forester Research, data-driven companies enjoy increased revenue, improved customer service, best-in-class operating efficiencies, and improved profitability. […]

Editorial, Insight

Five ways to spot strong data culture

Satya Choudary, Vice President – Head of Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, Data Science and ML/AI, Credit Suisse

How are you developing the data literacy of your organization, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? am taking a holistic approach to developing data literacy in our organization. Providing data literacy training and resources to provide employees with the training and resources they need to learn how to […]

2024 DataIQ Awards – New Talent or Data Apprentice (Enabler): Danique Hekkema, Data Booster

Danique Hekkema, Data Literacy Consultant at Data Booster has been selected by the judges as the 2024 New Talent or Data Apprentice (Enabler) for her work promoting data literacy and data-driven decision making.

Alex Sidgreaves, Chief Data Officer, Zurich Insurance

Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organisation? Within our organisation, we recognise the crucial role of data literacy in unlocking the value and impact from data. Data fluency is one of the four pillars of our data strategy, highlighting its […]

Jason C Beyer, Vice President, Data and Analytics, Bridgestone

Data literacy is a key enabler of the value and impact from data. How are you approaching this within your organization? We formalized a data literacy program early in my tenure in this position. I personally selected a key team member to lead this effort, redirected funding, and build a strategic plan. I then […]

Editorial, Insight

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.

Editorial, Insight

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, […]

Enabling the success of Data and AI leaders and their teams.