Richie CottonSenior Data Evangelist, DataCamp · Ask me about data and AI upskilling

#data is EMOTIONAL 🥹

Name: #data is EMOTIONAL 🥹
Uploaded: 2024-07-18T11:43:56+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Richie Cotton
Description: Data work requires emotional intelligence, not just technical skill. The speaker tells students that if they won't treat data with care and hospitality…

18 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Data work requires emotional intelligence, not just technical skill. The speaker tells students that if they won't treat data with care and hospitality, they should leave the field. Visual data triggers emotional responses in the brain similar to how music does, making color and design choices as important as the numbers themselves.

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I could get so deep into this. Data is emotional. Okay? Like, one of the things I tell my data students before we start is I do this, like, Kumbaya thing and I say, guys, I just want to. I start my classes by saying, if you do not want to be in the hospitality and sales and marketing business, particularly the TLC business, get out of data. You know why? Data is an emotional transaction and you are a therapist. People get emotional about data. And if you're in a visual part of it, which is where I spent my career, it is hyper emotional and scientifically proven to trigger areas of your brain, like your cortex, that drives people to do irrational things. Colors change emotions. It's like music.