Slides from Data Protection 2017 given by Gavin Starks "That culture is always left to the end in technology revolutions. Make no mistake, the web of data is a revolution: but it has very little to do with new technology. Learn about the cultural impacts and business models that will help you navigate in a data-driven world." https://dma.org.uk/event/data-protection-2017

5. Photograph by Richard Olsenius
bitrot
wikileaks
FOO.GOV
NSA
All your old spreadsheets
something.something.secure
(shhhhh)
because
datarot
facebook google
binary dust

6. Data is changing the nature of
politics, business, design,
products and services.
This reflects a cultural shift
to an open, networked society.

9. There are more people online today
than were alive when I was born

10. 7B people today…8B by 2025…9B by 2040
3B people online today
5B machines online today
25B machines online by 2020
“Everything is now a computer” — Bruce Schneier

11. The digital economy uses 10% of global electricity
The same amount used to
light the entire planet in 1985

12. Our challenge is to sustain over 7B people
while hitting peak ‘everything’ everywhere

13. “We know we have to adapt — how?
Digital engagement driving e-commerce
Footfall has moved to online
Strategy for constant change?
Where is the customer?
How do I reach them?
How can we innovate?
What about intellectual property /
security / quality / liability / value /
brand? Risk of inaction, or action…
We struggle to keep up”
Fear
Uncertainty
Doubt

15. Incumbent
credit: Simon Wardley http://blog.gardeviance.org/

16. credit: Simon Wardley http://blog.gardeviance.org/

17. WhatsApp – 60,000,000,000 messages/day
(with <100 engineers)
Global SMS – 20,000,000,000 messages/day

18. A square foot of screen sold
for every adult on Earth*
*in the last 15 years

19. Linux (1991)
100,000 contributors
10,000,000 servers
100,000,000 phones

20. Wikipedia
30,294,961 registered users
41,515,145 pages
139,688 active editors
5th most popular website

21. Wordpress
74,652,825 websites
(about 25% of the top 10M sites)

22. Github
24,377,273 users
53,000,000+ code repositories
597 employees

23. 12,182,155 wallets
Emergence of networks that have centralised
databases but are not operated by any single entity

24. Open vs Proprietary ‘Closed’ Security Systems
“We predict adopters of closed systems will regret making short-term
gains at the expense of long-term pain.”
World Security Report 2015-01 http://ow.ly/HGVCW

25. OpenCorporates
126,614,925 companies
10 staff
Kickstarter
$2,879,839,833 raised
12,448,917 donors
119,823 successful projects
p2p lending (UK)
£6,500,000,000

26. Gangham style
2,769,000,000 views
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are – 23M views

28. TransportAPI
A data-driven ecosystem that
joins cities, large and small
businesses, and citizens
UK’s open transport platform
1,500 developers
Fremium model (data-as-a-service)
80% of UK transport data
http://www.transportapi.com

29. NETWORK
THINKING
for a data generation

30. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pkwflickr/6188760566/in/album-72157627764211574/
Open roads underpin our physical economy
Open networks underpin our digital economy
Open data underpins our knowledge economy

32. Data is changing the nature of
politics, business, design,
products and services.
This reflects a cultural shift
to an open, networked society.