Our Top 10 Favorite Data Podcasts We LOVE listening to podcasts here at Data Literacy. It makes household chores, commutes, and walks so much more enjoyable. It's also such a gift to be able to learn about data in such a passive (and free) way. So! We’ve rounded up our top 10 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]