The art (and craft) of analyticsSome evidence, and some experiencesJuan Mateos Garcia, Nesta@JMateosGarcia

British Museum, 5 June 2015

IntroGoalTell you what data has to do with me, drawing on the data work of my team, and research on data skills.

MeEconomist. Passionate about data

Passionate about the creative industries and the creative economy

My job is to use data to create knowledge to support innovation and growth in the Creative Economy.

I love my job!

A Data explosion

Source: Ryoji Ikeda

A complex tech landscape

Source: Bloomverg Ventures

An opportunity to answer

complex questions

What happens in innovation events

like this one?Source: British Museum

Source: Nesta

1520 new connections.157 reciprocal.

Of those, 70% international

StatsMeasure,

map, analyse, predict

CodingCollect, clean, manage and

automate

BizCommunicate,

persuade, integrate

SoftCollaborate,

problem solve.

Source: Christian Today

Don’t chase unicorns.Build diverse teams

Source: Bill Sienkewicz

Leverage openness

to build those teams

Manage data projects like creative projects

Source: Nesta

Manage data projects like creative projects

Mind the rabbit holes

RecapData is an opportunity, not a hassle or threat

We can use it to reveal things we couldn’t see before

This requires the right skills and the right management practices

Nesta is experimenting, learning and scaling. We’ll keep you posted

THANK YOU!E-mail: Juan.mateos-garcia@nesta.org.uk

Twitter: @JMateosGarcia

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanmateosgarcia