My recipe for impact now is
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:46 am
The nature of this work is rapid and had quicker turn arounds than my previous projects.
I had been under the impression that the output and analysis was straightforward. Yet I’ve come to realise that the impact of my work was dependent on whether my analysis and lebanon rcs data presentation were aligned with the changing priorities of my stakeholders. I had previously underestimated the need to adapt the type of output I produce to questions relevant to my stakeholders at the time.
Achieving impact is not necessarily a linear process and working collaboratively with stakeholders is necessary to increase the impact of your work. Furthermore it’s not essential to continually produce new analysis with new data sets and new outputs to increase impact.
Utilising readily available resources that might be analysed or presented in a different way to contribute new information to the relevant topics at the time may just be as impactful or if not more impactful.
Identify the questions relevant to your stakeholders
Select the relevant data set for your stakeholders
Choosing and conducting a robust analysis
Produce an output i.e. report or data visualisation in a timely manner
Re-identify the relevant questions to your stakeholders to ensure that the output is still relevant
Adapt the output if needed
Share the outcomes to the relevant stakeholders to reach decision makers
Cupcakes being taken from oven
Image: cupcakes being taken out of oven (Photo by Taylor Grote on Unsplash)
I had been under the impression that the output and analysis was straightforward. Yet I’ve come to realise that the impact of my work was dependent on whether my analysis and lebanon rcs data presentation were aligned with the changing priorities of my stakeholders. I had previously underestimated the need to adapt the type of output I produce to questions relevant to my stakeholders at the time.
Achieving impact is not necessarily a linear process and working collaboratively with stakeholders is necessary to increase the impact of your work. Furthermore it’s not essential to continually produce new analysis with new data sets and new outputs to increase impact.
Utilising readily available resources that might be analysed or presented in a different way to contribute new information to the relevant topics at the time may just be as impactful or if not more impactful.
Identify the questions relevant to your stakeholders
Select the relevant data set for your stakeholders
Choosing and conducting a robust analysis
Produce an output i.e. report or data visualisation in a timely manner
Re-identify the relevant questions to your stakeholders to ensure that the output is still relevant
Adapt the output if needed
Share the outcomes to the relevant stakeholders to reach decision makers
Cupcakes being taken from oven
Image: cupcakes being taken out of oven (Photo by Taylor Grote on Unsplash)