Monday, January 20th
The Vizlib Monday Digest is a summary of recent articles about how data changes our lives. We’re sharing it with you to supercharge your week! (Feel free to share your comments!)
Becoming a data whisperer – the art of data storytelling. Brilliant insights are only one part of the puzzle of effective data use. Another vital puzzle piece is the ability to communicate these insights in a meaningful way to a particular audience. Discover how to enhance your data science storytelling in this TechTarget article.
If you’re looking for a way to jump-start your data storytelling skills, you could also take a look at our data storytelling webinar.
Vizlib dashboard from the storytelling webinar
Or, for help in improving the clarity of visual communication for your audience, take a look at our new capability Vizlib Templates. You can see the full documentation here.
Vizlib Templates for Qlik Sense
The smart advantage of augmented analytics. Data analytics is continually supplying businesses with ways to improve and even predict and harmonise their decision making. In addition to generating insights, augmented analytics is also helping to create value in sourcing the right talent for a business, providing deeper analysis and faster insight sharing. Learn more in this Analytics Insight article.
Image credit: Analytics Insight
Four ways leaders can extract value from AI and advanced analytics. Executives are aware of the rapid changes in technology and uptake of data to drive business advantage. Yet, not all business leaders are extracting the value to remain relevant in a competitive environment. Discover four cognitive barriers that execs can transform into opportunities in this Wharton University article.
The role of the CFO in a data-driven organisation. Finance professionals are increasingly embracing big data to improve company performance through data governance. And the finance function is evolving into a true strategic advisor within the business. Find out more in this Accounting Today article.
A bird’s eye view of the whole world’s wealth. Get a glimpse of the countries leading the economic race in one visualisation! Click here to discover the source of the world’s riches.
And our Quote of the day:
“…advanced analytics, machine learning and AI are arguably the most powerful general-purpose technologies invented since the advent of modern computing. Extracting value from these is an imperative for business and society. It requires a deeper understanding and self-reflection among leaders of human strengths and frailties in contrast to that of modern, software based, machines and algorithms. Clarity in this area will allow us to design tasks, occupations, jobs, processes and business models that combine human intelligence and machine intelligence in the best possible way.”
Ravi Bapna, Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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