Further lessons on improving your Data Interpretation skills
Part 2 of this series on Data Interpretation skills, Selby & Martina share the importance of increasing data literacy & critical thinking.
Tag: critical thinking
January 12, 2023
Thinking with Data helps you turn information into insights
Book review of “Thinking with Data”. Uncovering how a short book really can help you develop the thinking skills needed to generate insights.
How to make your meetings more productive? Start in Silence.
How a podcast and two recommended books got me thinking about why meetings should start in silence. Here’s the case for changing your meetings
Calling Bullshit: a book to develop your Critical Thinking skills
Book review of “Calling Bullshit: The art of scepticism in a data-driven world” a vital book to help you nurture your critical thinking skills
Sharing our readers’ progress with data literacy campaigns
Sharing results from our 2021 survey on data literacy campaigns. Discover how other data leaders are approaching this challenge & using what.
Perhaps Execs don’t need data literacy after all, just good judgement
Guest blogger, Tony Boobier, makes a case against data literacy education for executives. Should they just be focussed on better judgement?
How to make the world add up through more curiosity
Book review of the engaging & important “How to make the world add up” by Tim Harford. The host of BBC’s More or Less shows how in 10 rules.
1 billion gallons of water & remembering a sense of scale
Prof Nick Radcliffe debunks a claim about Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Pool & thus shows us how to develop a sense of scale for some big numbers.