“We want a world where data works for everyone”

Jeni Tennison, Vice President and Chief Strategy Advisor

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Make better decisions using data

...and manage any harmful impacts.

We work with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem.
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ODI Canalside Chats: Cori Crider and Dr Wen Hwa Lee Cori Crider and Dr Wen Hwa Lee discuss ‘Protecting services, saving lives – has the global pandemic changed our minds about sharing data?’
Join a network of organisations that steward open data We’re looking for established organisations that steward open data to join the second cohort of our peer learning network, run in partnership with Microsoft
Podcast: Inspiring global data collaborations Three inspiring stories from the first cohort of the ODI Microsoft peer learning network
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Book your ticket for the ODI Summit 2021

We have all become data people. Never again can data be the preserve of an expert minority. Super early bird tickets available until 6 September.
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National Data Strategy Help us map who is responsible for data in government
Experimentalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution We’re exploring how data policy and data practice can best adapt to the changing rate of change
Using data to drive better outcomes in healthcare We're working with Roche to design a ‘Data governance playbook for data-driven healthcare projects’
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Join ODI Learning Month

Join ODI Learning Month – an exclusive series of courses, webinars, games, and events, designed to give you the chance to immerse yourself in how we produce, use and share data
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Whether you’re in the private, public or third sectors, we can help with your data strategy. Share your ideas with us, and we’ll be in touch to find out more.

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Data Ethics Canvas >

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Free tool to help identify and manage ethical issues

The Data Ethics Canvas is a free, downloadable tool for anyone who collects, shares or uses data. It helps identify and manage ethical issues – at the start of a project that uses data, and throughout.
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Introducing the organisations joining the ‘Data institutions mentorship programme’
Mapping data in the UK government: engagement
Sustainable stewardship of open identifiers
Mapping data in the UK government: ethics
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Explainers >

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How does data assurance increase confidence in data?
What is a digital twin?
What is an identifier?
What is a computer model?
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Free tools >

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The Data Ethics Canvas
Illustration: Open Standards for Data
Open Standards for Data
Service designers using the Data Ecosystem Mapping tool
Data Ecosystem Mapping
Datopolis board game
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ODI Summit 2021 – Data <> People
Come on this course and see if you can win the machine learning card game!
Applying Machine Learning and AI Techniques to Data
ODI Data Ethics Canvas – Learning team adaptation
Introduction to data ethics and the Data Ethics Canvas
Anonymisation is for Everyone
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