How To Create A Thriving Data Visualization Culture
On a dedicated channel, #dvs-topics-in-data-viz, in the Data Visualization Society Slack, our members discuss questions and issues pertinent to the field of data visualization. Discussion topics rotate every two weeks, and while subjects vary, each one challenges our members to think deeply and holistically about questions that affect the field of data visualization. At the end of each discussion, the moderator recaps some of the insights and observations in a post on Nightingale. You can find all of the other discussions here.
This is part 2 of 2 in a series on creating a culture where the dataviz professionals can thrive and unlock the power of your data. The previous article provides context for why orgs often fail to harness dataviz’s full power.
There’s an incredible, untapped opportunity…
As data floods in, the organizations who excel will not be the ones who amass the most data, but those who create cultures where that data can be understood, communicated, and ultimately transformed into insight.
As we covered in the last article, data visualization professionals bring tool sets honed to uncover those insights in the data. But many organizations struggle to effectively utilize dataviz, blocked by several critical challenges:
