Maybe your peers are tackling the same policy problems as you, facing the same career conundra, or experiencing the same pressures at work. Whatever it is, it can be great to know that you’re not alone.

That’s why in each Apolitical workshop, we ask public servants to share their thoughts on policy issues, workplace culture, career progression, and much more.

In this article, we share the polling results from the workshop How to read and understand data in the public service, which took place on April 12th, 2022.

How often do you need to read and understand data in your role?

We live in an increasingly data-driven world, and public servants know this well.

An impressive fifty per cent of workshop participants said they work with data multiple times each day.

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How confident are you currently in your ability to understand and interpret data?

Despite the importance of data, public servants are still not wholly comfortable interpreting it.

Over twenty per cent of participants said that they felt ‘not very confident’, suggesting that data-based learning is as valuable as ever.

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