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‘ neighbourhood ’ means , what ‘ London ’ means , what expensive means ’ and there also needs to be a time period specified . “ Interpreting and producing relevant results is actually very hard work ,” adds Selipsky . “ This is the first release of that capability , but I think if we do our jobs well and we continue to innovate in this area , I think there ’ s a good chance we look back at the release of Data Ask and say that it was a turning point .”
Data literacy is a critical skill for the 21st century . By 2020 , Gartner predicts that 80 % of organisations will start to roll out internal data literacy initiatives to upskill their workforce . Wanting to stay ahead of the curve , Tableau has launched Academics , a programme that has so far helped 680,000 students and faculty to use Tableau . On top of this , Tableau has also partnered with British training provider , AVADO , to launch apprenticeships and training programmes in the UK . According to a recent study by Nesta , investment in data skills could help boost UK productivity by 3 %, equivalent to roughly one-fifth of the UK ’ s productivity gap with other G7 countries , so this programme could go
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