The fact is, data is becoming an increasingly important business assets and more and more decisions are based on analysis of data. It’s infiltrating every department of every business, and that means that the employees and managers who have the skills to deal with data will be in a better position to help their company and move up.
But don’t fret: you don’t need to go out and learn computer programming, database management, or advanced maths if you’re a manager in human resources or sales. What you do need is some basic data literacy so that when these subjects come up in meetings — and they will come up, sooner or later — you can be the one at the table who is not only keeping up, but adding value to the conversation.
Not everyone needs to know how to craft an algorithm or query a database; those skills can be left to a data professional. But everyone in every business will, at some point in the near future, be confronted with a request to prepare, analyse, or interpret data.
The question is not if it will happen, the question is: will you be prepared when it does?
What additional skills would you add to this list? I’d be interested in your thoughts in the comments below.
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I really like the above post
Some business leaders seem to think that Data Science is just another IT service, it's not.
Data Science is a game changer that requires _all_ business leaders to adopt a new stance in order to get best value from it. As you say they don't need to become data scientists, but they do need a deeper understanding of the field, and give their data scientists appropriate latitude
See this post of mine for some more thoughts in that vein : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-say-want-do-data-science-need-op...
Some skills in programming (even if only in a college course) will go a long way to reinforce the importance of logical thinking in managers while giving them a glimpse into the steps needed to deliver an analytics output.
Posted 1 March 2021
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