data is cool, but there ain't no data (driven) revolution - rakesh rajani
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A presentation on the data revolution concept, by Rakesh Rajani and Ben Taylor, presented to Restless Development event, March 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Data is cool, but there ain’t no
data (driven) revolutionRakesh Rajani, Twaweza, @rakeshrajani
(with support from Ben Taylor, @mtega)
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Isn’t this beautiful?
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One day we could do even this…
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And they wouldn’t they love it!
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Revolutions are driven by people, not data
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Cartoon from WSP
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1.
Start with the problemyou wish to solve, not your data point
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2.
Be rigorous with the evidence,
and open to change your mind
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3.
Most of the time,the real revolution
will be the small dataabout my life
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Anyone here interested?
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4.
Meaning comes from comparing
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5.
Be clear about how you will get from here to there
aka theory of change
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What will you do here to get there?
Data
I get it.We want to make
a difference.We will do X.WHAT?
What?What?
What?
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What?What?
What?
DATA + WHAT? = CHANGE
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• Do I understand?• Is it new info?• Is it worse than expected?• Do I care?• Is it my responsibility?• Do I have the skills?• Can I do anything?• New ideas for actions?• Can I achieve anything alone?• Will others join me?
Source: Lieberman, Posner, Tsai (Twaweza Evaluators)
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In conclusion,
Revolutions are driven by people, not data
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For data to aid the revolution, three things that really matter
People RelationshipsPolitics
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And for us to use the data wellfor the revolution
Curiosity Be differentOpenness