Meeting the Data Where It Is: Time for the Business to Step Up - Audio Blog
Feb 28, 2024
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Podcast discusses challenges of data democratization when stakeholders lack data knowledge and the importance for data teams to collaborate with business units. It also explores obstacles encountered by data teams due to delayed business feedback and highlights the rise of self-service data tools for bridging the gap.
Data teams must meet the business where they are to empower stakeholders effectively.
Establishing basic data literacy organization-wide is crucial; leaders should make data literacy a hiring requirement.
Deep dives
Importance of Meeting the Business Where They Are
To empower stakeholders with data effectively, it is crucial for the data team to meet the business where they are in terms of data usage. Failure to engage the business with the data tools created could lead to challenges in data democratization. Data teams are expected to adapt to colleagues with varying data proficiency levels, ranging from basic understanding to advanced analysts, and make data understandable as per their needs.
The Significance of Data Literacy for Business Transformation
Achieving data democratization hinges on establishing a basic level of data literacy across the organization. This involves upskilling current employees on fundamental data concepts and testing job candidates on data literacy. Leaders must make data literacy a requirement for employment to drive organizational evolution. Both data teams and business units are mutually responsible for bridging the knowledge gap and fostering a culture of continual learning and collaboration in leveraging data effectively.
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Navigating Data Proficiency Challenges and Bridging Business-Data Gaps
"Meet the business where it is." If you're on the data team, that's what you're expected to do to empower stakeholders with data. But how far should you go to meet the business? And shouldn’t the business be expected to move a little toward meeting the data where it is?
Published at:
https://www.eckerson.com/articles/meeting-the-data-where-it-is-time-for-the-business-to-step-up
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