How Healthy Is Your Data Culture?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  How often does your Executive Director or senior leadership reference data when making strategic decisions in meetings you attend?

  • A.
    Consistently - nearly every major decision includes data
  • B.
    Often - most decisions include data
  • C.
    Sometimes - data is mentioned occasionally
  • D.
    Rarely - data only when specifically requested
  • E.
    Almost never - based on experience and intuition
• 2.
  In your most recent board meeting, how prominently was data featured in presentations?

  • A.
    Central - data was core to most agenda items
  • B.
    Featured - several data points highlighted
  • C.
    Mentioned - some data included
  • D.
    Minimal - one or two data points only
  • E.
    Absent - no data was presented
• 3.
  When someone brings a recommendation to leadership without supporting data, what typically happens?

  • A.
    Asked to come back with data before proceeding
  • B.
    Asked "what data informed this?" and usually have an answer ready
  • C.
    Sometimes requested, sometimes decision moves forward
  • D.
    Rarely questioned - accepted as-is
  • E.
    Data never expected for recommendations
• 4.
  How would you describe data use expectations in your organization?

  • A.
    Non-negotiable - data-informed decisions are how we work
  • B.
    Expected - most people know they should use data
  • C.
    Encouraged - we say it's important but don't enforce it
  • D.
    Optional - some use data, others don't
  • E.
    Unclear - no real expectations around data use
• 5.
  When someone joins your organization, how quickly do they learn "how we use data here"?

  • A.
    First week - explicitly covered in orientation
  • B.
    First month - learn through observation and shadowing
  • C.
    First 3 months - eventually figure it out
  • D.
    6+ months - takes a long time to understand
  • E.
    Never clearly - don't learn consistent practices
• 6.
  If a new employee started today and you asked them in 30 days "how does this organization use data?", they would:

  • A.
    Describe specific examples and know where to find metrics
  • B.
    Have a general sense but not specific practices
  • C.
    Know we have systems but not sure how they're used
  • D.
    Be confused - haven't seen much data use
  • E.
    Have no idea - hasn't come up
• 7.
  How many people in your organization can pull key reports or answer common data questions?

  • A.
    Many people (5+) - distributed knowledge
  • B.
    Several people (3-4) - some redundancy
  • C.
    A couple of people (2) - limited backup
  • D.
    Basically one person - the "data person"
  • E.
    One person exclusively - nobody else knows
• 8.
  When your "data person" is on vacation, what happens to data work?

  • A.
    Continues normally - others handle it
  • B.
    Mostly continues - some things wait
  • C.
    Slows significantly - people wait for their return
  • D.
    Stops completely - nothing until they return
  • E.
    Don't have a data person OR everything stops
• 9.
  When your organization shares success stories, how often is the data-informed decision making process highlighted?

  • A.
    Regularly - explicitly credit data in most stories
  • B.
    Sometimes - mentioned when particularly relevant
  • C.
    Occasionally - mostly focus on outcomes, not the process
  • D.
    Rarely - celebrate results but not how you got there
  • E.
    Never - data isn't part of success narratives
• 10.
  In the last month, has anyone been publicly recognized for using data well?

  • A.
    Yes, multiple times - it's a regular practice
  • B.
    Yes, at least once
  • C.
    Maybe - can't remember specifically
  • D.
    No, but we recognize other good work
  • E.
    No - we don't recognize data use specifically

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Your Data Culture Health Score

  Here's what this means for your organizationYour score tells us where you stand with data culture - whether it's deeply embedded or needs attention. The lower the score, the more urgent the opportunity for change.Want to understand what your score means and what to do about it?
• 2.
  Your Data Culture Health Score

  Here's what this means for your organizationYour score tells us where you stand with data culture - whether it's deeply embedded or needs attention. The lower the score, the more urgent the opportunity for change.Want to understand what your score means and what to do about it?
• 3.
  Your Data Culture Health Score

  Here's what this means for your organizationYour score tells us where you stand with data culture - whether it's deeply embedded or needs attention. The lower the score, the more urgent the opportunity for change.Want to understand what your score means and what to do about it?
• 4.
  Your Data Culture Health Score

  Here's what this means for your organizationYour score tells us where you stand with data culture - whether it's deeply embedded or needs attention. The lower the score, the more urgent the opportunity for change.Want to understand what your score means and what to do about it?
• 5.
  Your Data Culture Health Score

  Here's what this means for your organizationYour score tells us where you stand with data culture - whether it's deeply embedded or needs attention. The lower the score, the more urgent the opportunity for change.Want to understand what your score means and what to do about it?