Data Literacy Is the Key to the Future of Data Visualization
A conversation with Data Literacy, LLC founder Ben Jones about the power of user stories and the urgent importance of teaching the language of data
Ben Jones is the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, LLC, a training and education company that’s on a mission to help people learn the language of data. Ben is a highly experienced and passionate instructor, having taught data to thousands in a corporate training environment as well as in academic classroom settings at the University of Washington. Prior to starting Data Literacy, LLC, Ben worked at Tableau for six years in a range of roles from senior Tableau public product manager to technical evangelism director.
I met Ben Jones at a Tableau User Event about two and a half years ago. He was giving a keynote about Tableau Public and the growing influence of liberal arts in data analysis. He pointed out that a liberal arts perspective can improve the way our organizations make use of data because they possess a lot of the key skills needed for analysis such as critical thinking and context setting. He wanted the audience to know that the science of data analysis combined with a liberal arts perspective is becoming more powerful and effective than ever. I was captivated to…
