About Ben Jones

Ben Jones is the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, LLC, a training and education company that's on a mission to help people learn the language of data. Ben also teaches data visualization at the University of Washington, he's the author of Avoiding Data Pitfalls (Wiley, 2019) and Communicating Data With Tableau (O'Reilly 2014) and he writes about data topics at his blog DataRemixed.com.

March 2025

AI Literacy: The #1 Fastest Growing Skill in 2025

By |2025-03-23T16:36:55-07:00March 23rd, 2025|Reviews|

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 [...]

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Data Literacy and AI Literacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By |2025-03-17T07:31:56-07:00March 17th, 2025|Thought Leadership|

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 [...]

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February 2025

How Organizations Can Measure Their Data & AI Literacy

By |2025-03-03T13:16:53-07:00February 28th, 2025|Best Practices, Thought Leadership|

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 [...]

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Announcing the Launch of 21 Key Traits of Data & AI Literacy

By |2025-02-23T14:42:32-07:00February 23rd, 2025|Announcements|

Announcing the Launch of 21 Key Traits of Data & AI Literacy Today we're launching our latest course, 21 Key Traits of Data & AI Literacy—an updated and expanded version of our popular 17 Key Traits of Data Literacy program. As organizations increasingly rely on data and AI-driven decision-making, now is the [...]

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NOW AVAILABLE: All-Access Subscription to Data & AI Literacy Training

By |2025-02-23T16:45:48-07:00February 23rd, 2025|Announcements|

NOW AVAILABLE: All-Access Subscription to Data & AI Literacy Training In today’s world, data and AI literacy aren’t just valuable skills—they’re essential. From everyday decision-making to shaping business strategy, the ability to understand and work with data is becoming a must-have competency. In fact, in some regions, like the EU, new regulations [...]

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Reflections on the 2nd Edition of Data Literacy Fundamentals

By |2025-02-18T09:21:36-07:00February 18th, 2025|Announcements|

Reflections on the 2nd Edition of Data Literacy Fundamentals Hi everyone, Ben Jones here, coming to you unfiltered. I thought I'd make this announcement blog post informal, just to give us all a change of pace from the formulaic, AI-generated stuff we're seeing more and more in content like this. Hey, why [...]

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Amazon Canceled, We Delivered: Get Your Ebook Now for Less!

By |2025-02-17T12:02:27-07:00February 17th, 2025|Announcements|

Amazon Canceled, We Delivered: Get Your Ebook Now for Less! Due to a processing delay on their end, Amazon cancelled & refunded all pre-orders of the ebook Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd edition. We found out about it when customers did – late last night. Yikes!  Get it from US Instead! [...]

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6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025

By |2025-02-07T09:09:10-07:00February 7th, 2025|Thought Leadership|

6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025 The following article first appeared in Forbes Business Council on December 27, 2024. In a world increasingly focused on data and AI, the role of the data analyst has become essential. Organizations of all types and sizes desperately need employees [...]

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January 2025

Now Available for Pre-Order: Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

By |2025-01-28T13:29:58-07:00January 28th, 2025|Announcements|

Now Available for Pre-Order: Data Literacy Fundamentals, 2nd Edition It has been almost five years since we published the first edition of the book Data Literacy Fundamentals. It has been our best-selling book over the past five years, and it captures the teachings of the course of the same name that we [...]

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Announcing the New Data Literacy Score: Enhanced Assessment for the AI Era

By |2025-01-16T20:03:48-07:00January 16th, 2025|Announcements|

Announcing the New Data Literacy Score: An Enhanced Assessment for the AI Era Five years ago, we launched the Data Literacy Score™ with a mission to help organizations measure, understand, and improve their data capabilities. Since then, many thousands of professionals have responded worldwide, providing their organizations with actionable insights to develop [...]

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