So You Want a Revolution?

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Advice to the NZ-Australia Open Research conference, Feb 6 2013.

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So You Want a Revolution

Nat Torkington@gnat / me@gnat.me

#nzauor6 Feb 2013

This is the start

Learn from other digital

transformations

SoftwareMedia

Journalism

Learn from other revolutions

Gandhi

First they ignore you

then they laughat you

then they fight you

then you win.

Linux

Startups

Social Enterprise

Kevin Starr10 Steps to Social

Changehttp://vimeo.com/12370459

10 Steps• Idea for a thing• Real need• Real demand• Design process• The thing• Manufacture• Distribution• Marketing• Behaviour Change• Impact

10 Steps• Idea for a thing• Real need• Real demand• Design process• The thing• Manufacture• Distribution• Marketing• Behaviour Change• Impact

Hippy stuff

“Seek first to understandthen to be understood”

—Stephen Covey

“Academics aren’t morally superior to

other people”—Mark Wilson

Traffic

You are the traffic

Gandhi 2: The Quickening

“Be the change you wish to see in the

world.”

Teaching as Inquiry

Problem?Data!Trial

EvaluationRinse, Wash, Repeat

humilityiterationlearningtelling others

Three ThingsYOU Can Do

1. Sing

2. Dance

3. Grow the choir

Thank You

• Keep talking, sharing information and activity

• Do one small thing in open data, open access, or open research

• Identify the unconvinced influencer you’ll bring to the next meeting

Nat Torkington: @gnat/me@gnat.me

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