Navigating Data Literacy: Insights from Jordan Morrow

David Mariani and Jordan Morrow, a renowned expert in Data Literacy, discuss effective strategies for embedding data literacy in organizations, emphasizing its significance beyond a buzzword. Jordan shares insights on fostering a data-driven culture, including key dos and don’ts. The conversation highlights the impact of data literacy through real-world success stories and explores the role of tools, processes, and cultural shifts in enhancing industry-wide data literacy. They also delve into the challenges and successes of data leaders in creating engaging, data-informed environments, and balancing self-service with data integrity.

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Meet our Guest

Jordan Morrow

Vice President & Head of Data and Analytics at BrainStorm Inc

Jordan Morrow is the Vice President and Head of Data and Analytics at Brainstorm. As a Global Trailblazer in data literacy, Jordan helps individuals and organizations realize their potential through proper data literacy learning and practice. He travels the world, in-person or virtually, to speak on various topics within data and analytics, including data literacy, data-driven, and data storytelling.

Meet our Host

Dave Mariani

Chief Technology Officer, Founder, AtScale

Dave is the founder of AtScale and is the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to AtScale, he ran engineering and data at Klout and Yahoo! where he built the world’s largest multi-dimensional cube.

If I’m a mid-level manager, some of us probably want to become an executive and move up. Doesn’t it intuitively just make sense that if you are better at using data, you’re gonna make smarter decisions. We’re not trying to get rid of the human element. I don’t wanna get rid of anybody’s gut feel, intuition. I just wanna combine ’em with the data. That’s what I teach.

The purpose is not to turn everybody into a data scientist or a data engineer or a data analyst. The purpose is to empower people with comfort. To your point, Excel is something they’re comfortable with.

Transcript

Dave Mariani: Hi listeners, and welcome to the Data-Driven podcast, today’s guest is Jordan Morrow. Jordan is the vice president and head of data and analytics at Brainstorm. but you know, Jordan is just a pioneer and a thought leader in data literacy and all things data. So we’re very lucky to have Jordan join the podcast, and we’re gonna talk a lot about data and analytics. and Jordan is, is here too, is to have a really engaging conversation....