Download the report
This report shares the findings from the Delivering Value Through Data research project. It highlights several important emerging issues that are the source of major differences of opinion around the world. These range from the issue of data sovereignty and localisation, how best to manage consent, challenges around ethics and trust and, given these, how best to address the need for greater public understanding and digital literacy. Some of the challenges and opportunities are technical in nature, but many are concerned with different ethical, philosophical and cultural approaches to data and how its value can be delivered.
Download the initial perspective
The initial perspective on the Value of Data was written by Future Agenda’s Director of Global Insight, Dr Robin Pharaoh. In it, he points out the scale of change that we are experiencing around the collection of data. As the perspective is designed to stimulate debate, he ends with specific questions designed to stimulate debate. These, alongside the insights from the previous programmes, were then used as the point of departure for the subsequent expert workshops which took place across the world.
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Findings and Approach
This section outlines the six overarching themes which informed virtually every discussion and describes the way in which we gathered and developed emerging views to offer new perspectives on the opportunities and challenges facing governments, business, and society.
Setting the Scene
This section frames some of the questions which were explored in our workshop, it provides a brief definition of what data is and explores its unique qualities. It then goes on to explore some of the analogies used to define data. Finally, it looks at the ways our workshop participants talked about the different types of value which data can generate.
Overarching Themes
This section details the six major cross cutting themes that emerged during our research. These focus on issues relating to the collection and use of personal data, topics linking to ownership and value; issues concerning the exercise of power and influence; global, regional and local levels of influence; different perspectives on trust and trustworthiness and finally the need for a shared language around data.
Key Future Shifts
This section reviews the key future shifts which our workshops identified. The impact of these vary depend on geography and sector however they were all considered of significance in multiple different discussions.
Conclusion & Questions
This section summarises the discussion, identifies areas of consensus and disagreement and draws our own conclusions based on what we heard. In addition, given the ongoing nature of the debate we also identify areas that we believe need further discussion. To help provoke additional dialogue we have proposed ten questions each for individuals, for companies and for governments.
Individual Themes and Insights
Although much of the complexity around delivering value through data is due to the interrelated nature of the issues, for convenience individual themes and insights are available in English. Email us for French / Spanish.
Workshop Locations
This is the full list of countries and cities we visited.
References
Presentations
Full Report Presentation
This is an accompanying presentation used for public conferences and to kick off briefings within organisations. It provides a summary of the research and highlights some of the key insights. It is available to download both as a PDF and also to view on SlideShare.
Initial Perspective Presentation
This presentation was used to stimulate debate during our initial workshops and provides a summary of the initial perspective. It is available to download both as a PDF and also to view on SlideShare.
