Lee Bryant, Consultant at Dachis GroupHi! I came across it via a collection of data visualisations here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pushandplay/2968259379/ (as mentioned in the credits at the end of the deck). Sounds like an interesting project - will look into it a bit more.3 years ago
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Jessica Charlesworth at Jessica CharlesworthI noticed you have used a systems model map that abstractly describes the reasons why the UK are obese. I was invovled in the project and was wondering whether you found that diagram via shiftN who created it for the DTI Foresight Tackling Obesities project?3 years ago
cost of group forming
& collaboration falling
all the time
the power of feedback
some use cases
Make invisible data
visible & leverage open
data for improvement
Participation & feedback can
drive evolutionary improvement,
enable co-design of services
Participation & feedback can
drive evolutionary improvement,
enable co-design of services
Participation & feedback can
drive evolutionary improvement,
enable co-design of services
Treat government budgets
as innovation funds & build
solutions with people
The DIY / guerilla approach
to opening up government
data & services pioneered
by mySociety
Why are governments not doing more?
why are we still working at
the edges whilst government
“procurement” wastes millions ?
contemporary critiques
of transparency...
“Transparency is the new objectivity”
Some limits of transparency ?
“More information does not always
produce markets that are more
efficient … people may ignore
information, or misunderstand it,
or misuse it.”
Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency
“...the problem of attention-span.
To understand something--an essay,
an argument, a proof of innocence--
requires a certain amount of attention.”
Larry Lessig
issues of legitimacy?
“The fear is that, by forging a path
between the ... Weberian defence of the
state and the democratic Habermasian
defence (a path manifest in the concept
of 'civic hacking' that mySociety
represents), that we get some hybrid of
bureaucracy and democracy, that is
neither quite as effective as the former,
nor as empowering as the latter”
Will Davies
limits to participation?
Who do we not
want to participate
and why?
Conclusion
participation + open data
are ready for the mainstream
Key areas of focus for ecosystem
online participation &
open data projects
filters
co-design
signals / data
there are many forms
of online participation
We need to learn a lot
more about different
participation methods, &
reach non-geeks better
Thanks for listening!
I am lee@headshift.com
I live at http://www.headshift.com
Except where otherwise stated, photos courtesy of Flickr using Creative Commons license.
Thanks to the following photographers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenpeace_italia/2430328823/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markrjones/47761183/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcn/2174935053/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wili/1999071010/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyarmstrong/4035014763/in/pool-stopthebnp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arenamontanus/375127836/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pushandplay/2586461185/in/set-72157603886536530/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pushandplay/2968259379/
Other references:
http://potlatch.typepad.com/weblog/2009/10/what-is-the-postbureaucratic-state.html
http://www.tnr.com/print/article/books-and-arts/against-transparency
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