In this episode, co-hosts Ron Landis and Jennifer Miller discuss the importance of utilizing data to make data-driven decisions. While many organizations have turned to analytics to better understand customers, employees, and processes, many are struggling to effectively get the most out of their data. Often, companies fail to use data to its fullest potential because many often lack a strong data culture.
In this episode, they had conversations around these questions:
- What is data culture?
- Why is data culture important?
- How do you assess an organization's data culture?
- What are some steps a company can take to improve their data culture?
Key Takeaways:
- Data Culture refers to an organization's ability to utilize data to make decisions. Companies with a strong data culture consistently reinforce and facilitate the informed use of data in decision making. Data culture is driven by four dimensions: human resource capabilities, human resource processes, technological capabilities, and technological processes.
- To understand how your organization is currently doing with data culture, take the Data Culture Readiness Assessment for an initial snapshot.
- At the end of the episode, Jennifer and Ron recommend steps for folks just starting out in this space all the way to the more advanced HR professional.
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