Troy James Palanca October 17 2015 | Ideaspace Foundation

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October 17 2015 | IdeaSpace Foundation
Troy James Palanca

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ABOUT ME
Operations Coordinator
Data Blogger
Past:
I like data.
(I think it makes the world a better place.)

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WHAT I’M GOING TO WAFFLE ON ABOUT
My
open
data
story
Why
use
data?
Open
data
use
and
reuse
Data-
driven
decision
making

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My
open
data
story
Why
use
data?
Open
data
use
and
reuse
Data-
driven
decision
making

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HOW IT STARTED
This was my undergraduate
thesis. I was very proud of it.
But then I realized, no one, even
one of my thesis advisers, was
reading it.
This was not their fault.
People are not obliged to read
your work - no matter how
“brilliant” you think it is.

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July
2013

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February
2014

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August
2014

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May
2015

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January
2015

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Data, when presented thoughtfully, can be
just as compelling as the next sensational
political scandal.
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No one cares about the complexity of your
methods, they care about the meaning of
your insight = Data skills aren’t nearly as
important as data literacy.
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Don’t be caught up by the ‘big data’ hype -
nearly all government data is small, and it
doesn’t really have to be ‘big’.
TAKEAWAYS

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My
open
data
story
Why
use
data?
Open
data
use
and
reuse
Data-
driven
decision
making

13. “It’s not just a bucket of numbers.
There are stories in that bucket.
There’s meaning, truth, and beauty.”
Nathan Yau, Visualize This

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THE WINDOW
An alternative
explanation to ‘ningas
cogon’
Most organizations do very well
when they are small
Once organizations begin to
reach a ‘critical mass’ -
dysfunction starts to set in
Idea-generating intuition must
now take the backseat to
critical/analytical thought
Look at my dad’s rad bike.

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WE FILIPINOS CAN’T SCALE
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
Philippines
Little Kingdoms
Source: Annual Reports, Philippine Stock Exchange
Some of the largest ASEAN banks

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WE FILIPINOS CAN’T SCALE
Regionalism
Resistance
to change
Bureaucracy and
unnecessary
process
Patronage
politics
Corruption
“Little
kingdoms”

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DATA PROVIDES THE WINDOW
CUSTOMS
VISUALIZATION
DASHBOARD
Link

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THERE ARE THINGS IN THE BIG PICTURE
THAT AREN’T CAPTURED BY SMALL STORIES

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THERE ARE
THINGS IN THE
BIG PICTURE
THAT AREN’T
CAPTURED BY
SMALL STORIES
Naive
Benford’s Law
How the first digits of naturally generated numbers are distributed:
“Natural”

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THERE ARE
THINGS IN THE
BIG PICTURE
THAT AREN’T
CAPTURED BY
SMALL
STORIES
Books, papers, and magazines (Volume)
Cotton and Fabrics (Duties and Taxes paid)
Meat and Meat Offal (Dutiable Value)

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DATA LISTENS
TO ALL

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My
open
data
story
Why
use
data?
Open
data
use
and
reuse
Data-
driven
decision
making

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ISSUES IN THE DATA LIFECYCLE
VisualizationDescriptionManagementCollection
ReportingPredictionModellingAnalysis
OPEN DATA DATA JOURNALISM
RESEARCH & ANALYTICS DATA JOURNALISM
• PDFs
• Agency coordination
• Warehousing and distribution
• Not interesting for people / Decision to collect
• ATTITUDES
• Licensing
• Qaality
• Data analysis skills
• Data visualization skills
• Audience education
• Stepping down from the ivory tower
• Communication of results
• Independence
• Hardware
• Audience education
• Documentation and
domain knowledge

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DATA LITERACY AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE

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RESULT: YOU GET PEOPLE TO TALK

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Raw Data Citizens
OPEN DATA
DATA
LITERACY
Digitization
Collection
Dashboards
Analysis
DATA LITERACY AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE
Cleaning

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DIVE IN. The best way to change attitudes
about data-driven decision making is to show
them what it can do!
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GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY. Data collection
may not be your thing, but it’s the most
lacking in the Philippines right now.
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HAVE FUN. If you don’t take it too seriously,
you’ll find that more people will be drawn to
the conversation.
TAKEAWAYS

28. “I’m not an optimist. I’m a very serious
possibilist. It’s a new category where we
just take emotion apart and work
analytically with the world.”
Hans Rosling, Founder, Gapminder