battling bureaucracy: keeping your data projects moving
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BATTLING BUREAUCRACY: Keeping Your Data Projects Moving Home cooked for SoCal Data Science Conference
by
Juan Vasquez Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
@JuanSvas
Feel more comfortable addressing concerns from bureaucrats so that data and tech projects don’t stall or get squashed.
GOAL @JuanSvas
ABOUT ME @JuanSvas
Mayor’s Operations Innovation Team
Ad Agencies * Digital Strategy Consultant * Tech Company
Deeply entrenched.
Apprehensive about change.
Default to process over people.
“Bureaucrats” are not unique to government.
DEFINITION @JuanSvas
➡ 2 Stories
➡ Discussion
AGENDA @JuanSvas
STORY #1 @JuanSvas
Goal: Centralize the City’s real estate portfolio
Problem: Lack of context • Further politicizes real estate • Creates confusion • Gaps in accountability
STORY #1 @JuanSvas
How the City used to interact with its properties
Rows and columns…
STORY #1 @JuanSvas
Guided Filters
Maps instead of tables
Community Related Information
STORY #1 @JuanSvas
Community Layers from geohub.lacity.org
Polygons instead of points
STORY #2 @JuanSvas
Goal: Keep City employees safer, and if injured return them to work faster
Problem: Lack of actionable information • No clear starting point • Time period was too short • No space for conversation
STORY #2 @JuanSvas
How the City used to report workers’ comp trends
Rows and columns… Sometimes charts
STORY #2 @JuanSvas
Drill Down
Interactive Dashboards
12-month period
Thank you
@JuanSVas
www.vasquezsays.com
www.techtinx.com