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Dataspeak: Making Data Science Work For Local Governments - Part One - Building A Data-Informed Council
20 minutes Posted Dec 7, 2021 at 12:06 pm.
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The first of a four-part Dataspeak podcast series exploring how local councils are using data to make improvements to operations and services, what a data-driven council looks like, how they build insights from data they can trust, getting data into the hands of decision-makers and the cutting edge developments in this space. Download and read the full 'Public Sector Playbook' here.

Episode 1 - Building A Data-Informed Council

The National Data Strategy calls for local authorities to become more data-informed: making decisions from more trusted insight and using resources most effectively. But how do local councils go about achieving this vision?

Paul Clough of Peak Indicators explains what a data-informed council is, the infrastructure needed to start generating insights from data and the best first-use cases for data science that drive immediate value.