5 Generative AI Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

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 [...]

By |2025-06-22T09:40:35-07:00May 28th, 2025|Thought Leadership|Comments Off on 5 Generative AI Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

What the Best AI Literacy Programs Have in Common

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 [...]

By |2025-05-15T07:09:32-07:00May 15th, 2025|Best Practices, Thought Leadership, Training|Comments Off on What the Best AI Literacy Programs Have in Common

Why True Data & AI Literacy Goes Beyond Technical Training

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 [...]

By |2025-04-21T10:35:34-07:00April 21st, 2025|Best Practices, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Why True Data & AI Literacy Goes Beyond Technical Training

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

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 [...]

By |2025-03-17T07:31:56-07:00March 17th, 2025|Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy and AI Literacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin

How Organizations Can Measure Their Data & AI Literacy

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 [...]

By |2025-03-03T13:16:53-07:00February 28th, 2025|Best Practices, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on How Organizations Can Measure Their Data & AI Literacy

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

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 [...]

By |2025-02-07T09:09:10-07:00February 7th, 2025|Thought Leadership|Comments Off on 6 Must-Have Skills to Thrive as a Data Analyst in 2025

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 5: All Eyes on the Swing States

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 3: All Eyes on the Swing States This is the fifth part of our blog post series, Data Literacy for U.S. Voters. In the first part, we touched on the timing of U.S. elections, from the White House all the way down to your local [...]

By |2024-11-04T21:34:41-07:00November 4th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 5: All Eyes on the Swing States

Beyond the Map: How Marimekko Charts Offer a New Perspective on Election Results

Beyond the Map: How Marimekko Charts Offer a New Perspective on Election Results Written by Jon Schwabish for The PolicyViz Newsletter Note: this blog post serves as the fourth in our Data Literacy for U.S. Voters series. Maybe the most common data visualizations to show election results are maps. Maps, maps, maps. [...]

By |2024-10-23T19:56:45-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Beyond the Map: How Marimekko Charts Offer a New Perspective on Election Results

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 3: Understanding Election Polls

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 3: Understanding Election Polls This is the third part of our blog post series, Data Literacy for U.S. Voters. In the first part, we touched on the timing of U.S. elections, from the White House all the way down to your local school board. In [...]

By |2024-10-15T09:07:54-07:00October 14th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 3: Understanding Election Polls

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 2: Determining Winners and the Electoral College

Data Literacy for U.S. Voters Part 2: Determining Winners & the Electoral College This is the second part of our blog post series, Data Literacy for U.S. Voters. In the first part, we touched on the timing of U.S. elections, from the White House all the way down to your local [...]

By |2024-09-13T07:46:16-07:00September 12th, 2024|Governments, Thought Leadership|Comments Off on Data Literacy for U.S. Voters, Part 2: Determining Winners and the Electoral College