Working with The Manchester Growth Hub
A great number of business leaders want to use data to help their businesses to flourish. This is because those who do often do well: ‘Businesses that use data to inform decisions are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, six times likelier to retain customers, and 19 times more […]
Data analysis skills gap ?
Data Strategy As part of the National Data Strategy, there’s a tremendous push underway by the UK Government to develop data skills across UK industry and the Public Sector. For example, Department of Education digital bootcamps, Universities delivering data science and AI training, the Department for Culture Media and Sport […]
The public sector needs digital skills now
I attended the Public Sector Executive PSE365 Festival for Learning and Development to learn more about the need for digital skills in the public sector and how the shortfall is to be addressed. What I heard was worrying. — I can summarise both statements and associated discussion as follows: We […]
What do we mean by digital skills?
A great many organisations face an acute shortage of digital skills. But it is hard to know what skills are needed. For some, the most relevant might be relatively basic e.g. to navigate around a CRM system. For others, they may be more advanced (e.g. the development of an e-commerce […]
It’s time to become data confident
The CBI Tech Tracker 2020 report (published Dec 2020) suggests that a divide is growing between businesses that are confident using data and those that are not. Those that are confident frequently use data to shape decisions, give feedback on products and services, and optimise operations. Unsurprisingly this gives them […]