{"id":671,"date":"2018-05-07T07:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T04:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kusuaks7\/?p=276"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:58:23","slug":"data-literacy-for-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/bigdata-cloud\/data-literacy-for-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Literacy for Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"671\" class=\"elementor elementor-671\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3cb69a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3cb69a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c9b2445\" data-id=\"7c9b2445\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2628fccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2628fccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><em>Ready to learn Data Science? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/training\/courses\">Browse courses<\/a>\u00a0like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/training\/tracks\/data-science-training-certification\">Data Science Training and Certification<\/a> developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab.<\/em><\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9197fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9197fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c60033\" data-id=\"7c60033\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3283d93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3283d93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/0_O4eq0VGnAe9fmMQK-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-37893\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/0_O4eq0VGnAe9fmMQK-1.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/0_O4eq0VGnAe9fmMQK-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/0_O4eq0VGnAe9fmMQK-1-610x328.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4991fb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4991fb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f78f7dc\" data-id=\"f78f7dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a662c73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a662c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"9285\"><figcaption>Data Literacy for Professionals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b22dd3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b22dd3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44c0873\" data-id=\"44c0873\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d2b814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d2b814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"75c5\"><em>This is the pilot post of blog post series \u2018Data Literacy for Professionals\u2019, this post covers the context, table of content &amp; links to related posts topic-wise.<\/em>\u00a0<em>I would like to mention that most topics mentioned here is a field of study in itself (with further sub-fields), what I am trying here is to give you an overview and an approach on every topic. I encourage you to explore these topics further on your own and build an understanding for yourself.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ed1809 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ed1809\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3957a91\" data-id=\"3957a91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972ad1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"972ad1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/>\n<p id=\"62f1\">In previous series about \u2018Becoming Data-Driven\u2019, I talked\/posted about building Data Strategy, exploiting Emerging Technologies, applying Data Governance &amp; building Data-Driven Culture for a business. While all these aspects are important, I feel building Data-Driven Culture is the most challenging yet the most rewarding aspect. And to create a Data-Driven Culture, first &amp; foremost thing is to make every employee, every professional data literate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fcf6\">\u201cIn an organization, data in the hands of a few data experts can be powerful but data at the fingertips of almost every professional can be truly transformational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"26fa\">I interacted with many professionals who went through my posts but apart from data professionals\/executives, not many were able to fully comprehend what I wanted to convey because of their different backgrounds. While I am talking &amp; posting about a thing which has started to impact our daily lives &amp; business, still not everyone is data literate enough to understand, so there is clearly a data literacy gap.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ebcc\">Hence these posts, where I want to explain everything about data from scratch. What is data? How to define data from different viewpoints? How to do basic data analysis using Excel &amp; SQL? What, why &amp; how of Data Models, Data Architecture, Data Science? What are tools in Data Technology &amp; what to use when? How to apply Data Governance &amp; build Data Strategy? And finally, how every aspect mentioned above fits together in business &amp; technology ecosystem?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9579017 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9579017\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec1d1a9\" data-id=\"ec1d1a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7263658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7263658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"f6df\">I plan to organize my blog posts under following titles:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d10e10b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d10e10b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0ccc21\" data-id=\"e0ccc21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20033b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e20033b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li id=\"5185\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-basics-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-basics-ankit-rathi\" data->Data Basics<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li id=\"0594\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-analysis-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-analysis-ankit-rathi\" data->Data Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li id=\"34fc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-modeling-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-modeling-ankit-rathi\" data->Data Models<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li id=\"3897\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-architecture-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-architecture-ankit-rathi\" data->Data Architecture<\/a>\u00a0(also covered in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/modern-data-architecture-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">Modern Data Architecture<\/a>\u00a0post)<\/li>\n \t<li id=\"db84\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-science-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/data-science-ankit-rathi\" data->Data Science<\/a>\u00a0(also covered in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/machine-learning-curve-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/machine-learning-curve-ankit-rathi\" data->Machine Learning Curve<\/a>\u00a0post)<\/li>\n \t<li id=\"cec5\">Data Technology<\/li>\n \t<li id=\"b3c5\">Data Governance (also covered in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/applying-data-governance-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">Applying Data Governance<\/a>\u00a0post)<\/li>\n \t<li id=\"eae3\">Data Strategy (also covered in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/building-data-strategy-ankit-rathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/building-data-strategy-ankit-rathi\" data->Building Data Strategy<\/a>\u00a0post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"b507\">In the next post we will be discussing about \u2018Data Basics\u2019, please stay tuned for upcoming posts in this blog post series.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is data? 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And to create a Data-Driven Culture, first and foremost thing is to make every employee, every professional data literate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":3604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[94],"ppma_author":[1811],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigdata-cloud","tag-data-science"],"authors":[{"term_id":1811,"user_id":280,"is_guest":0,"slug":"ankit-rathi","display_name":"Ankit Rathi","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Rathi","first_name":"Ankit","job_title":"","description":"Ankit Rathi is Lead Architect at SITA, the leading &amp; innovative IT organization in ATI, delivering end-to-end analytics platforms using Data Science, Big Data &amp; Cloud. 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