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Barriers To A Thriving Data Visualization Culture
Part 1 of a series on creating a culture where dataviz professionals thrive and unlock the power of your data.
There’s an incredible, untapped opportunity…
It’s no secret: the explosion of data continues to revolutionize organizations. Across the world, forward-thinking leaders embrace this opportunity, pioneering new ways for their organizations to utilize their data. As data floods in, a new kind of data expert is rising up, equipped with the rare skills to bridge the gap between complex information and the human insight and understanding needed to harness it: the Data Visualization Practitioner.
While data scientists give you the raw material to be “data-driven,” dataviz professionals provide the data vision: they make critical information useful to those who need it most. The tools they create don’t just give insight into the data, they provide sharable windows around which the organization can discuss the data’s use, potential, and validity, driving cross-department collaboration and innovation.
Organizations that have integrated data visualization professionals effectively have already yielded tremendous benefits: they’ve given directors of critical public transportation…
