Getting access to skills
- Latent Talent – do you have any latent talent within your organisation?
- Who are the keen and enthusiastic people who are open to learning or are already doing some of this on their free time?
- Partners – do any of the partners in your ecosystem have the skills (or data) to help?
- What open data can you use?
- What shared risk and reward structures can you explore for these first steps?
- Placements – can a placement help you with an initial investment of skills?
- Can you participate in The Data Lab’s industrial placement scheme?
- Can you partner with Universities or start-ups in a way that offers value to you both e.g. exchanging access to real work data for access to talented individuals?
- Can The Data Lab support you getting started through access to our data leaders, architects and scientists?
- Funding – what funding is available to help you?
- Are grants available for solving societal problems that you can use to build your capabilities? And to learn about ethical use of data.
- Are grants available for economic innovation? For example InnovateUK?
- Peers – can The Data Lab introduce you to peers who can share their advice for success?
Introduction to Data for Business Leaders

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