Half Stack Data Science S03E04 - The language of data literacy - with Valerie Logan
Sep 17, 2023
Valerie Logan, Founder and CEO of The Data Lodge, is a data literacy pioneer with over 28 years of experience. She discusses how data literacy acts like a language and emphasizes its critical role in both professional and personal contexts. Valerie introduces her Information as a Second Language (ISL) framework and explains the importance of structured training in various industries. The conversation also highlights the unexpected benefits of community-building through data literacy programs and the impact of generative AI on developing analytical skills.
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Data Literacy Is Threefold
- Data literacy equals the ability to read and communicate with data, built from mindset, language, and skills.
- Mindset covers attitudes, language covers shared terms, and skills cover storytelling and critical thinking.
Data Has Dialects
- Data has dialects by industry and business domain, so fluency is context-dependent.
- A data scientist may be expert in one dialect yet struggle in another industry or function.
Hire Internally For Cultural Change
- Appoint internal data literacy program leads rather than outsourcing cultural change work.
- Train and certify these internal leads to scale a shared language and change management.