I am sharing this blog by Richard Lee The video of his interview is below. I agree that data literacy has to be part of any leadership conversation.
We talk about data in terms of technology, and this is usually how customers approach me. I agree with Richard’s insight that it has to be recast as a business problem solving venture with an emphasis on data acumen as well as business acumen.
In this era of ‘alternate facts’, ‘post-truth’ our need for data acumen will become a necessary part of business acumen.
Enough of my thoughts; I will let Richard speak, and you can read his insightful blog post below.
Preface: I did not write a formal posting on the Data for Policy confab this past September, but wanted to at least share the materials that I presented and discussed during the conference. Abstract: The notion of Data-driven Policy making and its associated Governance, is often challenged by the fact that the vast majority of Politicians, […]
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