More than half of wor k is accomplished by knowledge workers – usually defined as thos e who must “think for a living” [Davenport, 2005]. I conte nd that all knowledge workers work with data. Since most learn about d ata individually (if at all), the opportunity to gain from communal or best practices learning has not been present. Most refer to this as a lack of data literacy. Whether applied at the individual or organizational level, literacy is a binary concept and our data needs are more varied.&nb sp;Data proficiency and data acumen are more descriptive/useful terms and t hese should also be used to describe today's organizational data knowle dge requirements. This program will describe five specific data knowle dge requirement levels and objective behaviors that must be demonstrated by those operating at each level. Lack of this data knowledge has so far hindered society from fully realizing our collective potential benefits.&n bsp;More importantly, organizations adopting these data knowledge requireme nts can directly and immediately improve organizational knowledge worker pr oductivity.
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\n\n Learn why the term data literacy is insufficient to describe the challenge and how the progression from literacy to proficiency to acumen is more operationally viable \n Understand five data knowledge requirement levels in terms of their da ta leverage type, data skills type, ethical perspective, and behavioral foc us\n Be able to match data knowledge requirements levels with types of organizat ional requirements\n Begin to estimate the dollar ranges of potential knowledge worker productiv ity improvements in their organizations\n\n DTSTART:20200323T133000 SUMMARY:PM2: Achieving Data Acumen: Improving Workforce Data Literacy (and Therefore Performance!) DTEND:20200323T164459 LOCATION: See Description END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR