Richard Stirling from The Open Data Institute (@theodi) talks about Open Data in the UK.

Richard Stirling talks about Open Data and Civic Participation

In order to build and retain reputation, organisations today increasingly need to demonstrate that they can be trusted to use data ethically and responsibly. If an organisation is open about how it gathers, shares and uses data – particularly personal and sensitive data – it will have a positive impact on their brand. However, this also requires a high level of data literacy within the organisation, and an ability to think and work critically with data.

In this latest episode of ODI’s Inside Business podcast, Stuart Coleman, the ODI’s Learning and Business Development Director, speaks to panellists Alessandro Piscopo, Principal Data Scientist at BBC Datalabs, Di Mayze, Global Head of AI and Data at WPP and Jen Rodvold, Head of Digital Ethics and Tech for Good at Sopra Steria.

They explore how their organisations embed data literacy within their teams, how this positively impacts their brands, and what some of the challenges will be in the future.

The podcast covers:

- How data literacy is developed in their organisations
- How they set up good practices, particularly in response to the loss of trust in data that was brought about by scandals such as Facebook/Cambridge Analytica
- How data ethics are embedded into data use, including personalisation
- The tensions between trust and innovation
- Algorithms and transparency
- Next steps in data literacy and predictions for the future

USEFUL LINKS

The ODI website: https://theodi.org/

Podcast webpage on the ODI website: https://theodi.org/article/podcast-the-role-of-data-literacy-in-building-a-trusted-brand/

The ODI’s position on data literacy (blog):  https://theodi.org/article/data-literacy-what-is-it-and-how-do-we-address-it-at-odi/

ODI’s data literacy resources: https://theodi.org/article/introducing-the-data-literacy-programme/

ODI training courses: https://theodi.org/events/courses/

Become an ODI member: https://theodi.org/service/membership-networking/

ODI Inside Business: The role of data literacy in building a trusted brand

Data from the High Speed 2 project has been released under an Open Government Licence. This has provided companies like Landmark an opportunity to enter the world of “Open”. 

Jez Nicholson told us about the product that Landmark has built upon the HS2 data and how “Open” may have ultimately changed the business itself.

By day, Jez Nicholson is Head of Product Development for a leading property risk assessment company. By night, he is lead developer of OpenPlaques.org.

With kind thanks to Thomson Reuters for supporting and hosting this event.

Our videos: https://vimeo.com/theodiuk
Our audio: https://soundcloud.com/theodi
Our slides: https://www.scribd.com/OpenDataInstitute
Our photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukodi/
Our website: theodi.org

Friday lunchtime lecture: Changing tracks with HS2 open data



One thing we won’t be short of in the future is data – we’ll have detailed analytics about how we live and the world around us. But what about the past? Is it possible to pull together data about the history of our cities and gain some insight into the past?

In this lecture, Leigh Dodds introduced a project from Bath: Hacked, that is using historical maps and cultural heritage open data to let people begin exploring 400 years of Bath’s history.

Leigh Dodds is an associate with the Open Data Institute and the manager of Bath: Hacked’s data store.

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Our slides: bit.ly/odi_scribd
Our tweets: bit.ly/ODIHQ_tweets
Our website: theodi.org
ODI Summit videos: bit.ly/odisummit_video
What is open data?: bit.ly/what-is-open-data

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Friday lunchtime lecture: Time travelling with open data

Listen to podcasts from the Open Data Institute – discussing the impacts of data across areas including health, cities, the built environment, government and finance. Speakers also delve into issues around data ethics, trust, art, culture, corruption and accountability.

ODI Inside Business: The role of data literacy in building a trusted brand

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