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How giving workers the skills to succeed can counter the Great Resignation

By Mark Nelson March 20, 2022 Leaders looking for competitive advantages in every facet of their business—from operations and sales to recruiting and retention–cite employees’ data skills as a top need. But when it comes to providing those data-training opportunities, companies keep failing. Recently, my company, Tableau, commissioned Forrester Consulting to explore organizational issues and … Continue reading How giving workers the skills to succeed can counter the Great Resignation →

Coding Skills As Important To Many Students As Learning A Foreign Language, Study Finds

Coding Skills As Important To Many Students As Learning A Foreign Language, Study Finds by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, February 17, 2022 The future of digital advertising depends on the ability to teach students coding skills, and the importance of data. About 58% of students participating in a study agreed that the ability to write software … Continue reading Coding Skills As Important To Many Students As Learning A Foreign Language, Study Finds →

Soft Skills Can Be Taught the Way Many of Us Learn: Through Dynamic Connections

Daniel Burrus June 5, 2021 During this unique period of technology-driven transformation, the education sector has so far been slow to embrace the power of digital tools that can be used to accelerate learning. Institutions spend time, energy, and money protecting and defending conventional teaching methods while casting aside new, transformative ways in which we … Continue reading Soft Skills Can Be Taught the Way Many of Us Learn: Through Dynamic Connections →