Data Literacy

5C of Data Literacy

Data Literacy Conferences Review Sep 2018-A Ride with Data Literates

October 22, 2018 dataliterates Conference, Videos 1 Comment

On this ride with Data Literates you will find about the 3 conferences that Data Literates attended and spoke at.
The first conference that Jerry spoke at was The Strategic Analytics Summit (SAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada: https://www.strategicanalyticssummit.com/
We raised awareness around data literacy among managers and executives at this conference.


The second conference was The Data Literacy Conference 2018 in France: http://dataliteracyconference.net/2018/english/
We unveiled our 5Cs Data Literacy Model and the Data Literacy Canvas as well as our Enterprise Data Literacy (EDLP) Toolkit.
We also made an announcement about The Data Literacy Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that enables social ventures and other nonprofits with data literacy solutions as well as creating standards around data literacy best practices and tools: https://dataliteracyfoundation.org/


The last conference that we attended was Qlik’s Data Revolution Tour. Qlik announced their recent website called The Data Literacy Project: https://thedataliteracyproject.org
This website is a great source of white papers and stats on data literacy.


The next stop is Tableau Conference 2018 in New Orleans, LA. #TC18

Tableau Conference

IT Blinders – Why Data Literacy Programs are part of CIO’s agenda?

October 1, 2018 dataliterates Enterprise Data Literacy Program, Videos Comments Off on IT Blinders – Why Data Literacy Programs are part of CIO’s agenda?

Why are Data Literacy Programs part of a CIO’s agenda?

Is it enough for the CIO to provide the data to users?

In a lot of the cases, CIOs are tasked with providing the data to users, so that they can make better data-driven decisions to achieve a competitive advantage or optimize operations. But if users are not data literate, just having access to the data is not going to solve any business problems. Data Literacy should be a shared responsibility and must be in Chief Information Officer’s agenda. If CIOs fail to do make users data literate, things may not look great for the CIO because the business cannot make data-driven decisions and everyone will go back to the CIO and her team to understand the problem. We may call this a data analytics myopic view when the IT organization does not keep the end goal in mind which is users being able to make better business decisions. Users need to understand the sources of the data, the validation process, and the definitions of metrics.

The more data literate the users, the better they can make decisions using data.

Part 2/2-A Ride with Data Literates-Centers of Excellence vs Enterprise Data Literacy Program (EDLP)

September 20, 2018 dataliterates Centers of Excellence, Culture, Enterprise Data Literacy Program, Videos Comments Off on Part 2/2-A Ride with Data Literates-Centers of Excellence vs Enterprise Data Literacy Program (EDLP)

A Ride with Data Literates is a series of Vlogs that we record as we travel to client sites or go to events. We talk about our practical experiences and tips and tricks for building an Enterprise Data Literacy Program (EDLP).

On this ride with Data Literates you will find out how Data Literacy Programs are dependent to Analytics Centers of Excellence.

Can you start a Data Literacy Program without having an Analytics Centers of Excellence?

Does the level of analytics maturity at the organization matter to start one of these two programs?

Which one of these 2 programs should you pick and start with?

How to prepare your employees to get ready for a Centers of Excellence?

How to equip your change agents to bring effective change by getting buy in from leadership?

Enterprise Data Literacy vs Centers of Excellence for Analytics

Part 1/2-A Ride with Data Literates-Centers of Excellence vs Enterprise Data Literacy Program (EDLP)

September 13, 2018 dataliterates Centers of Excellence, Culture, Enterprise Data Literacy Program, Videos 7 Comments

A Ride with Data Literates is a series of Vlogs that we record as we travel to client sites or go to events. We talk about our practical experiences and tips and tricks for building an Enterprise Data Literacy Program (EDLP).

In this episode, we are on our way back from a client site where we started a new CoE or Enterprise Data Literacy Program. On this Ride with Data Literates you will find out the similarities between these 2 programs.

Can you have a data literate culture if people don’t have access to the data?

Can you democratize data without a Center of Excellence?

What is the role that data ethics plays in a data literate culture?

Watch part 2 to understand whether an Enterprise Data Literacy programs can be effective without centers of excellence or vice versa.