Scott Berinato

Despite significant investments to hire talented data scientists, many companies are disappointed with their results. The problem, says author and data visualization expert, Scott Berinato, is that most data scientists are trained to ask smart questions, wrangle the relevant data, and uncover insights. But few data scientists are skilled at effectively communicating what those insights […]

Despite heavy investments to acquire talented data scientists and take advantage of the analytics boom, many companies have been disappointed in the results. The problem is that those scientists are trained to ask smart questions, wrangle the relevant data, and uncover insights—but not to communicate what those insights mean for the business. To be successful, the author writes, a data science team needs six talents: project management, data wrangling, data analysis, subject expertise, design, a…

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