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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]