From Data Literacy to Data Readiness
Data isn’t just dashboards. It’s culture, systems, adoption, and trust. We help you move beyond literacy to readiness—so data actually drives your business forward.
Is Data Really Driving Decisions in Your Organization?
Data should be powering confident, consistent decision-making. But for many organizations, it isn’t.
Instead, data platforms sit underused. Teams fall back on shadow practices. Trust in the numbers is low. And while leaders rush toward AI, they often skip the foundational work of building a true data strategy that supports culture and people. The result? Stressed-out teams and stalled adoption.
That’s where data readiness comes in. It’s about creating the structures, culture, and habits that make data usable—so people actually rely on it to run the business.
Data Literacy is No Longer Enough
For years, the conversation was all about data literacy.
We saw it everywhere—in classrooms, in client projects, in organizations trying to make sense of their analytics investments.
But over time, we realized something was missing.
Literacy by itself isn’t enough because data isn’t just reports.
It’s systems.
It’s adoption—and resistance to adoption.
It’s culture.
It’s the way people trust (or don’t trust) information to make decisions.
That’s why Be Data Lit focuses on data readiness.
Data readiness is the support structure that makes literacy stick. It’s the frameworks, culture, and adoption strategies that turn “knowing data” into actually using it to run the business better.
“Our teams were collecting data but not using it. Be Data Lit helped us uncover shadow practices and build trust so people actually rely on the numbers to make decisions.”
— Program Director, Nonprofit Organization
What We Offer
Data Readiness Advisory & Consulting
We assess your current data culture, uncover adoption gaps, and design a readiness roadmap built for your team’s reality.
Leadership Enablement
Training and advisory for leaders to model data-driven decision-making and reinforce a culture of trust.
Data Culture & Change Workshops
Hands-on sessions that help your team understand where resistance lives, how to build trust, and how to use data confidently.
Readiness Assessments
Evaluate your team’s comfort with data, identify shadow practices, and map out where adoption breaks down.
Our Data Readiness work is anchored in the same philosophy that drives all Be Data Lit services: building capabilities, not just skills.
“We didn’t need more training. We needed a way to change habits. Be Data Lit gave us frameworks that helped managers reinforce adoption without piling on more work.”
— Education Director, Professional Services Organization
Organizations that are data ready:
Trust their metrics and use them consistently.
See adoption of platforms and practices rise.
Make faster, clearer, and more aligned decisions.
Build resilience as technology and business needs evolve.