The document describes Statistics Netherlands' innovation programme, which aims to help the organization innovate faster. It outlines an innovation funnel process that ideas go through, from initial rough ideas to implementation. It also describes an innovation lab used for testing concepts. Examples of innovation tracks are given, including using social media data, traffic sensors, satellite imagery, and administrative data from taxes. The goal is to explore new data sources and methods to make data collection and dissemination more efficient.

1. Innovation programme
at Statistics Netherlands
Maarten Emons

2. Content
– Introduction
‐ “How to innovate faster?”
– How the programme works
‐ Innovation funnel
‐ Innovation lab
‐ Innovation focus
– Examples of innovation tracks
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3. Introduction
“How to innovate faster?”
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4. Introduction
Drivers for innovation
Technological challenges
•Big Data
•Social media
Internal ideas
•Empowerment
•Synergies
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External pressure
•New output channels
•Cooperation

5. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
The best way of having a good idea is having a lot of ideas
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6. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
1 2 3 4 5 6
Rough idea
•All ideas are welcome!
•Anyone from SN
•We don’t judge
Central supporting team of 4 people
•60 ideas came to us in one year
•“Open Coffee”
•Easy to access
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7. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
1 2 3 4 5 6
Enriched idea
•Share your idea
•Introductions
•Networking
Focus on collaboration with external partners
•Universities
•Companies
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8. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
1 2 3 4 5 6
Find a sponsor
•A manager
•Strong support
management
If no sponsor is found, your idea is still good,
but our organisation is not ready yet to adopt it.
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9. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
1 2 3 4 5 6
Proposal Proof of
Concept
•Light management
•Limited paperwork
•No Prince II
Determine scope, resources and planning with
•Initiator, Sponsor, Methodology, IT department
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10. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
1 2 3 4 5 6
Proof of Concept
•Just do it!
•Welcome the
unexpected results
•Objective is to learn
Our Innovation lab is used a lot!
•State-of-the-art equipment
• “open” and “secured” IT-environment
•Workshops, brainstorming and work together
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11. How the programme works
Innovation funnel
1 2 3 4 5 6
Implementation
•So fare 20 successful
Proof of Concepts
•Winding road to
implementation
A sharp Business Case is difficult
•Possible impact and return on investment ?
•Know in advance problems, hick-ups and difficulties ?
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12. How the programme works
Innovationlab
Opened
May2012
Heerlen
The Hague
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13. How the programme works
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14. How the programme works
Innovation focus
New data collection methods
More efficient processes
Dissemination and visualisation
IT tools
Big Data
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Collaboration

15. Examples of innovation tracks
– Twitter streams
‐ Dutch Twitter topics
‐ Social Media
– Traffic loop data
‐ versus GMS data
– Internet as a data source
– Smartphone data collection
– Scanner data
– CAPI using Windows 8 tablets
– Satellite photos
– Income and expenditure survey
– Use of TAX data
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16. Examples of innovation tracks
Twitter streams – Dutch Twitter topics
Based on 12 million posts
•Text mining
•a lot of non information
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17. Examples of innovation tracks
Social Media – “Mood of the nation”
Based on 600 million posts
•Sentiment mining
•Strong correlation
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18. Examples of innovation tracks
Traffic loop data
Before and … 
After correction
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19. Examples of innovation tracks
Traffic loop data versus GSM data
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20. Examples of innovation tracks
Internet as a data source
Many opportunities
 Price statistics
60%
40%
 Flight
Housing
 Job vacancies
 C2C (Ebay)
Price wrt average
Clothing
20%
0%
-120
Barcelona
-90
-60
-20%
0
London
Milaan
Rome
-40%
-60%
-80%
Days before departure
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-30

21. Examples of innovation tracks
Smartphone data collection with GPS
Start screen
Trip
detection
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Trip
survey
Trip
summary

22. Examples of innovation tracks
CAPI using Windows 8 tablets
Used at Bonaire for Income and Expenditure Survey,
Health and safety survey
BLAISE software proofed to
be very usefull and compatible!
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23. Examples of innovation tracks
Satellite photos
Determine crop estimates
–Private party cooperation.
–New (GIS) software and
method for interpetation.
–“remote sensing” is not fit
for production yet.
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24. Examples of innovation
Scannerdata
Used for CPI
–supermarkets
–travel agencies
–car fuel
Future plans
–drugstores
–liquor stores
–consumer electronics
–clothing
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Used for price statistics

25. Examples of innovation
Income and expenditure survey
– Smart mobile bill scanner
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26. Use of administrative data: e.g.
use of TAX data
Tax data: results
–Tax data became core link with business register
–Used for short term statistics (turnover)
–Trends/developments and levels harmonised
–Aim: reduction of administrative burden
Also
–More efficient process
–Surveys became obsolete
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27. Questions
– Please feel free to ask any question you like.
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