Business Skills: Building and telling the data story Virtual

By the end of the workshop, participants will have a strong understanding of analytical acumen and be better equipped to make accurate data-driven decisions.

Course overview

About the course

As a smart professional, you know that data can be a powerful tool for decision-making. However, just having data is not enough - you need to know how to analyse it and effectively communicate the insights to others. This workshop will help you move along the intelligence scale from data to wisdom by resolving the common issues of sampling, veracity, and survivor bias that can impact your analysis.

Additionally, you will learn how to overcome confirmation bias and share simple analysis and evaluation techniques. Most importantly, you will learn how to tell the story behind the data and communicate it effectively to stakeholders, making data-driven decision-making an accessible tool for everyone in your organisation. The workshop and will feature interactive sessions, case studies, and practical exercises to ensure maximum engagement and learning.

What is virtual classroom training?

ILX’s virtual instructor-led training combines the personal teaching experience of a classroom, with the ease and flexibility of a virtual environment. Our virtual courses are interactive and engaging, allowing participants to communicate with both the instructor and each other in a collaborative manner.

Please note: Access to relevant materials is provided after the course via a QR code.

Duration

This course is 3.5 hours in duration.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course you will have a greater ability to:

Collect accurate, relevant and truthfully representative data.
Detect when the data that is being presented to you is not accurate, relevant and truthfully representative.
Transform data into information and knowledge.
Actively make use of knowledge i.e., to make the last step and turn knowledge into wisdom, and in doingso understand the story that the data is telling you.