Data Strategy & Institutional Research

Creating an Intentional Data Culture

Mission & Data’s integrated approach brings together deep experience in institutional research, data analysis and visualization, data infrastructure, data-informed leadership and governance, and change management to help organizations achieve their goals. Mission & Data provides personalized coaching to upskill employees in emerging fields, such as institutional research, data warehousing, data analysis, and visualization, and scripting.

Mission & Data partners with schools to create custom indicators of student and employee thriving. Read more about Mission & Data’s approach to quantifying difficult to measure concepts, including wellbeing, engagement, or belonging.

Customized to the needs and data maturity of the organization, data strategy partnerships can include…

  • Leading a data audit to assess the current data capacity of the organization and key departments, identify and map primary data sources

  • Developing a unified data collection and survey strategy

  • Building a shared understanding of data governance principles and practices among key data stewards

  • Advising on strategies to improve data integrity, including backwards mapping historical data to ensure continuity, overseeing data cleaning initiatives, and facilitating technical and practical discussions of data infrastructure and interoperability.