Data Bites | Decision making with data

Ryan, head of insight and analytics at DWP Digital, talked about the ‘hub and spoke’ operating model suggested by the DWP Data Strategy: there should be a data hub to develop and manage consistent policies and practice, while data practitioners should also be embedded in different teams (the spokes) working with data in context, and closer to content teams. The value framework should help link consistency and context in thinking about the value of different metrics and measures of experience, expenditure, efficient and effectiveness.

See Ryan's slides and highlights from his presentation here.

Ed Humpherson showing a line graph representing health inequalities in the UK

Beyond mechanistic thinking

Ed Humpherson, head of the Office for Statistics Regulation argues that the main barrier to innovation is the incurious belief that data are fixed objects produced by predictable, mechanistic systems.

Amanda Smith delivering her presentation

Data Service Standards

Amanda Smith, director at Public Digital, on Data Service Standards: showing what good looks like for designing, developing and implementing high-quality data and analytics services.

UK Statistics Assembly

Nicola Fulton talked about the forthcoming UK Statistics Assembly, bringing together users and producers of data and statistics to discuss (and advise on) priorities, gaps and user needs of the UK statistics system.

Liverpool City Region Residents' Assembly

Emily from the University of Liverpool shared insights from a recent Residents’ Assembly led by Liverpool’s Civic Data Cooperative where locals came together to explore what trustworthy, beneficial data and AI innovation should look like.