Becoming Data Fluent
Working in a data-driven organization signifies creating a common ground within the enterprise in order to transform complex concepts into actions. However, many people aren’t comfortable communicating with data. To ensure that everyone can participate in discussions revolving around data, in many respects, is a matter of language!
Enterprises see data as a medium for communicating, convincing and even steering their business strategies. However, presenters of data need to meet their audiences where they are, in ways that audiences can comfortably engage and understand the content. We promote the concept of data fluency, a means of becoming a “data fluent” enterprise.
Make Data Literacy an Explicit Focus of the Strategic Business Agenda
Although conversant in the people, process and technology capabilities required for business change, few executives and professionals are fluent in the language of data – a crucial capability in a digital world.
Understanding
The concept of data fluency.
Data communication is a social problem, not a technological problem.
People are the missing ingredient to be data driven.
Connect those who can ask the question with those who know the answer.
Why ?
1. In the same way as being “fluent” in a language, data fluency allows your collaborators to express and share ideas in a common dialogue.
2. Being data fluent allows an enterprise to connect all collaborators with a set of norms, processes, tools, and terms accepted and used by all.
3. Data fluent collaborators are able to understand data, interpret them, know if they are available, and know how to use them appropriately.
4. Data Fluency rejects the idea that only specific people can access the information. Being data fluent means to broaden data access. It’s by sharing data knowledge that decision-making can be enhanced.
5. Enterprises benefit from collective intelligence that unlocks data assets’ value.
How ?
Building a data culture takes time.
The journey to becoming data fluent is important for any organization that aims to have data-informed decision making.
It takes a diverse set of people to build a data culture.
It’s with organizational leadership, shared rules and conventions as well as the right tools and a good understanding of an enterprise’s data assets, that exchanges and communication with data becomes a priority, and of course, a norm within the organization.
With this belief, we work with our clients to implement data at the core of their organizations, as well as conversations with the help of our modern data catalog.
