“If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.” —Albert Einstein Research has found that 65% of the general population are visual learners, meaning they need to see information as images to understand it. The business world confirms this: Visualization is essential in driving success. Take, for instance, data visualization, or, the art of translating data into […]
Ask a Data Ethicist: Can We Trust Unexplainable AI?
In last month’s column, I asked readers to send in their “big questions” when it comes to data and AI. This month’s question more than answered that call! It encompasses the enormous areas of trust in AI tools and explainability. How can we know if an AI tool is delivering an ethical result if we have […]
The Cool Kids Corner: CLEAR Communication
Hello! I’m Mark Horseman, and welcome to The Cool Kids Corner. This is my monthly check-in to share with you the people and ideas I encounter as the data evangelist with DATAVERSITY. (Read last month’s column here.) This month, we’re talking about communication. Communication is the cornerstone of socializing anything you do with data, whether that’s […]
It’s Not Too Late to Leverage AI, but You Must Get Started Today
AI’s potential enchants experts across all industries. For customer support specialists, generative AI solutions have improved productivity by up to 35%. For software developers, AI can handle mundane tasks like repetitive coding and automated deployment, enabling engineers to focus on essential quality-of-code updates…
Understanding the Impact of Bad Data
Do you know the costs of poor data quality? Below, I explore the significance of data observability, how it can mitigate the risks of bad data, and ways to measure its ROI. By understanding the impact of bad data and implementing effective strategies, organizations can maximize the benefits of their data quality initiatives. Data has become […]
Three Key Commandments of Effective Dashboards
A dashboard is a visual snapshot of business performance using KPIs (key performance indicators) to help users make smarter, data-driven decisions. An effective dashboard simplifies the visual representation of complex data and helps stakeholders understand, analyze, and present key insights at a glance. At the core, the objective of a dashboard is to make complex […]
Data Governors, First Govern Yourselves
Data Governance, as currently practiced, is failing. There have been some successes, but by and large, even these efforts have fallen short. Worse, many of those tasked with contributing to Data Governance find the effort painful. We have enormous sympathy for data governors. (We use the term “data governors” – DGs – as the most […]
The Cool Kids Corner: Data Quality Is Not a Fish You Can Catch
Hello! I’m Mark Horseman, and welcome to The Cool Kids Corner. This is my monthly check-in to share with you the people and ideas I encounter as a data evangelist with DATAVERSITY. (Read last month’s column here.) This month we’re talking about Data Quality (DQ). Data Quality, the phrase “garbage in, garbage out,” dirty data, data […]
5 Ways to Use Data to Make Workplace Decisions
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, decision-making has shifted from relying on gut instinct and the loudest voice in the room to data-driven approaches. In this article, we will explore five powerful ways to harness data for making informed decisions in the workplace, offer practical insights to boost productivity, and explain how to adapt to […]
Unleashing the Power of AI and ML in Data
In today’s insight-informed world, businesses of all sizes need to be able to access and analyze their data in order to make informed decisions. However, data is often siloed in different systems and difficult to access, making it challenging for businesses to get the insights they need. The demand for help to streamline these operations […]