Data Culture

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The norms and behaviors an organization has around collecting, sharing, interpreting, and acting on data. Strong data culture values evidence and literacy without pretending numbers can replace judgment entirely.

    In plain English: The culture around how an organization uses and thinks about data.

    Example: "Their data culture improved once product managers and engineers started asking what assumptions sat behind the metrics instead of treating every chart as self-explanatory truth."

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