Data-driven working at local authorities
Local authorities in the Netherlands are currently experimenting with data in a range of different ways. They can see the opportunities that data-driven working offers in enhancing their citizens’ satisfaction. For instance, the Association of Dutch Municipalities recounts that the Zaanstad Council realised that getting to grips with data-driven working starts with making the whole issue simple. This is precisely House of Performance’s viewpoint on implementing data-driven working too. Just read our blog:Data-driven working is not new and not difficult. In the case of Zaanstad Council, the solution was not to have a pool of data scientists but simply to construct an easily understandable dashboard based on all the domain knowledge already available from colleagues already working on the matter in question. Rotterdam Council is also a good example: thanks to data-driven working, it now collects rubbish in a smarter way. In fact, it even has a programme running till the end of 2019 called ‘Data rather than words’. In this programme, Rotterdam Council gives shape to its ambition to be a network city that makes optimal use of data opportunities.