Data is cool, but there ain't no data (driven) revolution - Rakesh Rajani
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Data is cool, but there ain’t no data (driven) revolution Rakesh Rajani, Twaweza, @rakeshrajani (with support from Ben Taylor, @mtega)
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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 of Data is cool, but there ain't no data (driven) revolution - Rakesh Rajani
Data is cool, but there ain’t no
data (driven) revolutionRakesh Rajani, Twaweza, @rakeshrajani
(with support from Ben Taylor, @mtega)
Isn’t this beautiful?
One day we could do even this…
And they wouldn’t they love it!
Revolutions are driven by people, not data
Cartoon from WSP
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Start with the problemyou wish to solve, not your data point
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Be rigorous with the evidence,
and open to change your mind
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Most of the time,the real revolution
will be the small dataabout my life
Anyone here interested?
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Meaning comes from comparing
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Be clear about how you will get from here to there
aka theory of change
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?
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DATA + WHAT? = CHANGE
• 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)
In conclusion,
Revolutions are driven by people, not data
For data to aid the revolution, three things that really matter
People RelationshipsPolitics
And for us to use the data wellfor the revolution
Curiosity Be differentOpenness
