The Future of Data Literacy

There was a time when only elite, tech-savvy staff in an organization understood and felt qualified to discuss data-enabled business decisions. These individuals often possessed advanced academic degrees in data science, data engineering, statistics, operations research, and other allied fields and did not speak the language of the ordinary business staff. As a result, there…

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Traditional Data Engineering Best Practices Aren’t Cutting It Anymore

I have been in data (in the fuzziest sense of the word) since about 2009, whether that means data engineering, management, analysis, strategy, or visualization. Over that time, things have changed drastically. In my first “real” data position, I was asked to identify and organize fallout from a claim auto adjudication engine to identify ways to…

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