The Mission Log
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Data Ethics - What Business Leaders Need to Know
Data ethics isn’t the preserve of data scientists. Data work has the potential to deliver impressive business results. But, when the focus on business results is at the expense of our values and ethics we risk losing it all.
How to Get The Most Out of Your Data | Mission Drive
What skills does your business need to get the most from data? What skills do you need to adapt to the changes data is driving in your sector? Where should you focus your investment?
How to use data successfully | Mission Drive
For data skills progammes to have an impact on individuals and organisations, there needs to be a method behind how they are put together. This is fundamentally about asking the right questions. The first question to ask is “what result am I looking...
Data Ethics Explored Through Datopolis | Mission Drive
This week I had the opportunity to work with PhD researchers in astrophysics as part of their summer school. They’re doing exciting work – investigating how data-driven techniques, such as AI, can help us find new exoplanets, discover new high...
How to Plan a Data Skills Program | Mission Drive
As your business becomes more data-driven, to make real progress you will be reliant on the capacity of both your internal organisation and your external network. If you’re a leader in your sector this reliance might mean working to ensure...
How to Develop Data Skills for Leaders? Start with culture, not tech
Exciting technology attracts headlines but adapting to the changes data is driving means evolving how we work – our mindsets our behaviours. This means considering how to change the culture of your organisation. “Data culture is a part of our value...
Five Easy Steps to Develop Your Data Skills | Mission Drive
Our modern, digital economy is fuelled by data. This means we all need to understand what data is and how we can interact with it. But getting started can be tricky. There’s a lot of hype and not much clarity. In this article, we look at ways to cut...
Data Questions Answered - Imposter Syndrome | Mission Drive
Imposter syndrome is a big issue in the data sector, particularly for leaders. When leaders don’t confront impostor syndrome or seek help to develop their data skills it can cause blockers. They start working on assumptions, bring in expensive...
Datopolis - Why it Should be Part of Your Data Literacy Project
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing” – George Bernard Shaw.