What I’ve Been Learning — March 2022
Over at Taught by Humans, a big part of our ethos is our love of learning. Learning tech-related things, yes, but also just constantly learning news things and improving on what we already know. Each month we are going to give a short update on what we’ve been learning — here’s mine for March 2022.
As I am currently coming to the end of my degree, my focus in March was predominantly on applying the knowledge and skills I have learned across the last three years in University to my final few essays. It is important to always continue to apply the things you learn and develop pre-existing skills. For me, last month, this included critical reading, writing, planning and time management skills. However, through my job at Taught By Humans and a friend’s final year project, I have also found the time to learn some new things. I think you may find these more interesting to read about…
Data
In March, we hosted a panel event for International Women’s Day, where three wonderful women: Kelsey Botne, Olivia Rennison and Nina Di Cara spoke about their relationships to data and journeys to data confidence. There was so much for me to take away from this event, and I learned so much about a whole range of topics, from the value of data, to learning methods for data skills as well as the meaning of data confidence, which is different for each and every one of us. Read more about the event and my reflections in this blog piece.
I have also been learning a lot about the data industry, specifically the experiences of women working in it, through my participation in the research stage of a report being carried out by myself and the team — the brilliant Laura and Ozzie — at Taught By Humans. In particular, my research has focused on the presence and severity of the Imposter Syndrome in women working in data and technology. I read some particularly interesting reports by researchers at Georgia State University, and by The Times Higher Education (THE) magazine.
Service Design
By partaking in a focus group for a friend’s final year innovation project, I learned about the methodology of service design.
Service design is an approach to business that puts customer experience and quality of service first. This can be used to both inform changes to existing services or to create entirely new ones. For example, my friend and his project partners are using this approach to inform ideas for a new app centred around improving communication between patients and their GPs!
We are always learning, and want to share our passion for learning (about everything, not just tech) in this monthly blog series
