Based on your answers for culture your organisation is currently Developing
For culture you scored your organisation 3.8 out of 5
The average score for culture in the benchmark group is 3.4 out of 5
Culture across the sector
Your Current Stage
Developing
The whole organisation is starting to use and share data. People from different teams/levels of seniority regularly discuss data and how to act on it.
Specialist staff in some teams are starting to use data to ask difficult questions, challenging assumptions, practices and impact.
Concepts of right and wrong (ethics) are being considered, particularly in relation to personal data.
Data and analysis is becoming more available and accessible to staff though may require some intervention by specialists to provide this.
External data sharing is done on an aggregated basis and insights are shared including some shared measures and benchmarks.
Exploring how data could be shared with clients on an individual basis as part of service delivery.
Policies and practices are well established to ensure data is safeguarded (e.g. rules on passwords, how data is stored, rights/privileges to access organisational and client data).
Risks have been identified though may not have been tested.
Systems have been created to ensure data about identifiable individuals is deleted when no longer necessary and respond to subject access requests.
Board and senior management keep abreast of current legislation and best practice.
The next stage up for your organisation is
Mastering
Data seen as a team effort and critical asset for every part of the organisation.
Everyone in the organisation is committed to ensuring quality data is available to support decision-making.
Very comfortable using data to ask difficult and complex questions, to challenge practices and preconceived notions about the past and future.
Aware of the practical difference between: correlation and causality; attribution and contribution; ‘known and unknown’ unknowns.
Explores potential negative impacts of interventions as well as data ethics.
Internal openness and data sharing is fundamental to the culture, subject to data protection/security.
Everyone can access analysis they need when they need it.
Data insights/evidence publicly available.
Extensive data sharing, with protocols in place with partners, networks, stakeholders to address shared problems and solutions.
Data may be shared with clients as part of service/support.
High levels of confidence about the security of data held in the organisation.
Systems, automated if possible, in place to delete personal data no longer necessary and respond to subject access requests.
Risks monitored and tested to improve data security and protection.
Widespread knowledge/skills sharing.
Board and senior management keep abreast of future changes in legislation and best practice, and regularly check Data Protection compliance.