Hi ,
Data presents incredible opportunities for organisations to
create value, but with the current skills and labour shortages that are affecting all businesses, finding and retaining data scientists and other data professionals can be hard.
In the very first episode of my new podcast, Value Driven Data Science, I am joined by Amanda Aitken, an educator with the Actuaries Institute, to discuss to
discuss a practical way in which organisations can address the skills shortage, gain much needed data skills and increase staff retention - by upskilling their existing staff!
Some of the things we discuss in this episode include:
- What is the difference between an actuary and a data scientist.
- Why data skills are becoming
increasingly important and the benefits to organisations of upskilling their data team.
- What's involved in upskilling data-focussed staff.
- The importance of considering "soft skills", such as communication, privacy and ethics, when training data scientists.
- How an organisation can get the most out of their data staff once they have been upskilled.
You can listen to this episode by clicking
the button below, or find it on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music or Spotify (Google Podcasts to come soon).
