ODS
We make data work across boundaries for the public good
Many public outcomes depend on organisations acting together, but the data, responsibilities and decisions are often split between them.
We help set direction, make data easier to explore and understand, and build the governance, standards and infrastructure that make coordinated action possible.
From early questions to long-term support
You might be trying to get several organisations working from the same information, replace infrastructure that no longer works, establish a data standard, or make existing data more useful.
We can help work out what needs to change, then stay with the work through design, build, adoption and long-term stewardship.
Selected work
- Office of the Chief Social Policy Adviser
- Scottish Government Policy Profession
Designing a more joined-up way to assess policy impact
- United Nations Development Programme
- International Aid Transparency Initiative
Finding the changes that can make global aid data more useful
- World Bank
- Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Building trust around data to support access to clean energy
Experience across systems, sectors, and borders
We work with governments, international institutions, charities, researchers, social innovators and others making data work better for people and the public good.
From impact assessments to aid transparency, climate risk to procurement, corporate ownership to grant-making, we've worked with UNDP, UNOPS, the World Bank, Open Contracting Partnership, Open Ownership, 360Giving, Oxford's Government Outcomes Lab, Sport England and Nesta.
Our experience with open data shapes how we work across systems, sectors and borders. It means looking at how data can move between different people and organisations, and what needs to be in place for them to use it together.
Open knowledge and tools
Where we can, we share what we learn and create through our work: ideas and research, practical methods, open-source tools and the documentation that helps people use and maintain them.
Worker-owned since 2015
ODS brings together researchers, strategists, policy and governance specialists, data practitioners, software developers and designers.
The people doing the work also shape the organisation. That allows us to work across disciplines, stay close to the problem and share responsibility for creating tools that remain useful over time.
