I am trying to change the data visualization culture of my organization. Mission impossible?

1. Changing the
data visualization
culture in HELCOM
Manuel Frias
Nordic Open Data Week
Visualization day
Helsinki 4 June 2015

2. What is HELCOM?

5. I have been working
6years
at the HELCOM
Secretariat

6. The project that opened
my (dataviz) eyes

7. Plan Bothnia
Plan Bothnia
KoneCranes

8. Hermanni Backer
We were the lead partners and
this guy was the project manager

9. One day I saw this book in his room.
It opened my eyes...

10. I started to get interested in data visualization.
My modest library

12. These books opened my eyes even more

13. After reading those books I realized there is
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
regarding data visualization.

14. In 15 seconds, how many ship incidents are in the Baltic Sea?

15. Which station has the highest value in 2005?

16. If you could do it you have
superpowers
JD Hancock

17. MISSION
I decided I have a...

18. MISSION

19. It is a road full of obstacles
Mooi Hsieh

20. Traditionally, they haven’t paid special attention to visualization
Scientists Policy-makers

21. ...and they have several ideas
I’d like to challenge...

22. Idea

23. Content
is
king

24. Content
is
king

25. Content and design
are kings

26. Idea

27. We don’t know how to draw!
Dan Roam ”Blah, blah, blah”

28. Idea

29. Simplify = dumbing down

30. Obstacle 4
Simplify = dumbing down
”Simplicity is about
substracting the obvious
and adding the meaningful”
John Maeda

31. Simplify = dumbing down

32. to change the visualization culture in HELCOM
Subtle strategies

33. Strategy

34. I whiteboards

35. My colleague Florent and me use it almost daily

37. Strategy

38. Year 2013:
Report with lots of numbers
screaming for graphs

40. Strategy

41. Sometimes I put visualization and
design books on the kitchen table.

42. More ideas?
Please share them!!!!
@manolofrias
https://fi.linkedin.com/in/manuelfrias