KIND network update
Week beginning Mon 13th January 2025
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the first KIND weekly update of 2025. Lovely to be back, especially as we’re just starting off an intensive period of training sessions over the next couple of months. More details on those below - and hope to see you at one of them soon.
Brendan
Wins of The Week
In the spirit of #IAmRemarkable, we do a weekly wins of the week thread to celebrate the professional (and personal) achievements of the community. This can be a tough period for many, so the selection this week celebrates colleagues who have had a tricky time recently:
- I put my hand up to say I’m struggling. Takes a lot for me to admit that I need help. but reminding myself that its not a sign of weakness. And the plus is that I was heard and supported. So going into the weekend feeling more positive.
- Despite my brain’s best efforts, I managed to be productive this week and did everything I was asked and promised to do.
- Not really much of an achievement but I have survived the first full week back to work after the two short weeks of the festive period, and it’s not been too bad!! Looking forward to the weekend though!
- Started back into this project from before christmas that’s been making me very anxious. I’m doing it!
Well done all, and looking forward to hearing your wins of the week in future.
Training sessions
Please note that we’ve changed the way that our training events are set-up. You should now be able to click the session link to add yourself directly to the session. Also please note that the Excel first steps, BI for beginners, Introductory Shiny, and Tableau sessions are the first installment of multi-session courses. More information and session resources can be found on our training pages.
| Session | Date | Area | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| R projects | 09:30-10:30 Tue 14th January 2025 | R | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| Excel first steps | 11:00-12:00 Tue 14th January 2025 | Excel | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| Dates and times with lubridate. | 15:30-17:00 Tue 14th January 2025 | R | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| BI for beginners (session 1) | 10:00-12:00 Wed 15th January 2025 | Power BI | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| BI for beginners (service version, session 1) | 12:00-14:00 Wed 15th January 2025 | Power BI | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| Introductory Shiny (session 1) | 14:00-16:00 Wed 15th January 2025 | Shiny | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| Tableau for beginners (session 1) | 10:00-12:00 Thu 16th January 2025 | Tableau | 🌶 :beginner-level |
Events
1-2pm, Sun 14th January 2024. The Scottish Community of Data Analysts is a community of practice for those working with data in territorial NHS Boards. Next week, the presenter will be Sarah Griffin (NHS Highland) - Census data.
Book of the week
Yaris Varoufakis. 2023. Technofeudalism.
ISBN 978-1529926092, Worldcat.
Rita Nogueira, a Senior Information Analyst at NHS Lothian, writes to recommend our Book of the Week: “Together with the older book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zubroff. Thinking about how data and the technological companies are shaping the world around us economically and politically is important. Even if you don’t agree with everything Varoufakis says it is an interesting perspective that bears consideration.”