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Data science at Nesta

Meaningful data design and bringing people on the journey

Mixed methods approaches for developing data-informed products that deliver efficiency, improve outcomes and develop mutually-beneficial…

6 min readOct 27, 2023

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Meaningful data design and bringing people on the journey

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Tom French

Paid work, doing stuff for free and wrangling with ‘value’

What counts as good work, what does value look like to me and how can I balance all of this between paid and unpaid things?

4 min readOct 17, 2022

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Paid work, doing stuff for free and wrangling with ‘value’

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Tom French

A sector by any other name(s) would smell as sweet…or sweeter, perhaps

Why do we have so many names for civil society and what consequences is this having for the sector and public services?

5 min readFeb 18, 2021

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A sector by any other name(s) would smell as sweet…or sweeter, perhaps

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Tom French

Free CRM available to good home! And why we wanted to do it…

We — Tom Watson (The Good Ship) and Tom French — have been working together on developing a super-simple CRM in Airtable.

3 min readNov 13, 2020

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Free CRM available to good home! And why we wanted to do it…

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Tom French

Three word slogan

Life is complicated. It really is. We don’t understand. Make it simple!

1 min readNov 2, 2020

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Tom French

Finding my voice: why I’m thinking about writing more

I want to write more about my thoughts, ideas and opinions. So, this post is the start of doing something about it…

3 min readOct 26, 2020

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Finding my voice: why I’m thinking about writing more

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Tom French

Trying to figure out what I (will) do as a freelancer

This week has been a big one for me. I started a career as a self-employed person. I had a ‘proper’ job last Friday and now I’m on my…

6 min readMay 1, 2019

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Trying to figure out what I (will) do as a freelancer

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Tom French

Digital Motivation: What, who and why?

At Good Things Foundation, we’re all about digital inclusion and social inclusion. Our vision is a world where everyone benefits from…

4 min readFeb 26, 2019

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Digital Motivation: What, who and why?

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Tom French

Reflecting on our first ‘data hack’

Sheffield Data for Good has been around for about 15 months now. Its aim is to bring together the data and social expertise in Sheffield…

7 min readFeb 18, 2019

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Reflecting on our first ‘data hack’

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Tom French
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Using Data for Good

A data manifesto for Good Things

At Good Things Foundation we collect, analyse and use a lot of different data. Some are our own sets arising from the surveys we administer…

2 min readAug 28, 2018

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A data manifesto for Good Things

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Tom French

Tom French

Data, insight and questioning strategies for social purpose through open working | Founded Sheffield Data for Good + Data for Action | Musician

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