Beta Launch – Data Foundations for AI A free assessment to help you figure out whether your data is ready for AI Recently I've been working with IT and data leaders who all feel a similar tension: They're interested in AI, they have real use cases, and some of them already have [...]
The AI Skills Crisis: What New Research Reveals About Your Workforce New research was just published, and if you're responsible for workforce development or AI deployment at your organization, you need to pay attention to this. Bright Horizons and The Harris Poll surveyed over 2,000 American workers age 18+, and the data [...]
10 Things Every Business Leader Needs to Know About AI in 2025 By Ben Jones, CEO of Data Literacy and author of AI Literacy Fundamentals Whether you run a business or lead corporate teams, there’s no avoiding artificial intelligence (AI). It’s everywhere in 2025, along with hype, fear, and confusion. Here [...]
5 Generative AI Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them TL;DR: With respect to generative AI: 1) you can’t ignore it, 2) you can’t fully trust it, 3) you need to maintain “cognitive vigilance,” 4) your own words are still more powerful, and 5) you need to lean in and educate yourself [...]
What the Best AI Literacy Programs Have in Common Note: a version of this article was first published for Forbes Business Council on April 15, 2025. Why are organizations scrambling to design and deploy AI literacy programs right now? Well, some of them are because it’s mandated by law. The EU AI [...]
The All-New Data Literacy Level 2 Course Is Here! By Ben Jones, CEO of Data Literacy Today, we're announcing the launch of our rebuilt and revamped Data Literacy Level 2 on-demand course! This exciting new release follows on the heels of a series of major updates we have made in the [...]
Why True Data & AI Literacy Goes Beyond Technical Training Note: a version of this article was first published for Forbes Business Council on March 5, 2025. Organizations that are racing to become data-informed and AI-enabled often invest heavily in technical training. It makes sense that they’d do this: they need their [...]
AI Literacy: The #1 Fastest Growing Skill in 2025 By Ben Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Data Literacy and author of AI Literacy Fundamentals It's official: AI Literacy has been named the #1 fastest-growing skill in the United States for 2025, according to LinkedIn's inaugural "Skills on the Rise" report. As [...]
Data Literacy and AI Literacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin By Ben Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Data Literacy Recently, I initiated a discussion on LinkedIn about the relationship between data literacy and AI literacy. The conversation generated some very thoughtful responses from a handful of the most influential and experienced [...]
How Organizations Can Measure Their Data & AI Literacy Note: a version of this article was first published for Forbes Business Council on Jan 27, 2025. By Ben Jones, Co-founder and CEO of Data Literacy In today’s data-fueled economies, organizations of all types and sizes need to successfully channel data and [...]