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Why data literacy lies at the heart of digital transformation

Hemanta Banerjee
Hemanta Banerjee • 4 min read
Why data literacy lies at the heart of digital transformation
By expanding data literacy to non-data scientist roles, businesses can realise the full potential of digital transformation. Photo: Unsplash
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While Covid-19 winds down, the repercussions from the pandemic have not withered away just yet. The acceleration of digital transformation in that period was imperative to survival. Although still a core component of success, digital transformation takes on a different character for many organisations today.

Amid a race to innovate, improve processes, gain a competitive edge, and win market share, NTUC LearningHub finds that more than seven in 10 employees and business leaders in Singapore feel that a tech-savvy workforce is the top attribute of digital transformation.

The migration to the cloud of recent years has had something to do with this, as has the remarkable recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). This progress has given businesses added flexibility, cost elasticity, greater scalability, and better speed of deployment.

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