In my last post, I explained how Google’s processes work. Now, let’s review the basic components and how they relate to what a human service organization must do:
Incent Content Production (Data Entry):
The first step required to effectively answer ad hoc questions is to get a rich set of data. However, in human service organizations of course the production of data is not free. The data is usually entered by the same staff workers who are already strained by other demands of their job. How can we get individual case workers to see the incentive for doing this, rather than seeing it as yet another onerous task? There are a couple key factors that have proven valuable to some of the organizations that we work with: Read the rest of this entry »
