The Helsinki Bus Station Theory reminds us: originality isn’t found by starting over. It’s earned by staying long enough to make your work unmistakably yours.
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#SocialImpact #StayOnTheBus #Creativity

10/10

When your results look like everyone else’s, remember: others might just be a few stops ahead on the same route.

Stay on board until your learning becomes leadership and your work starts to shape the map.

#Measurement #SocialChange

9/10

I see it often: organisations pivoting too soon, chasing trends before their data matures. The courage to persist through iteration and doubt is what separates the truly impactful from the merely active.

#SocialImpact #Strategy

8/10

It’s not about being stubborn. It’s about depth. Originality comes from persistence, from showing up, collecting feedback, and shaping practice until it reflects your distinct way of creating change.

#Innovation #ImpactLeadership

7/10

In social impact, that means sticking with an approach long enough to refine it, test assumptions, and generate evidence. Jump too early and you miss the deeper learning that drives systems change.

#SocialImpact #Measurement

6/10

The message: Stay on the bus. 🚌

If you stay long enough, the route diverges. The scenery changes. That’s when your work, your data, your model, your story, becomes truly your own.

#StayOnTheBus #ImpactStrategy

5/10

So you jump off. Back to the station. New idea, new model, new approach. But before long, it feels familiar again. Why? Because every bus shares the same early stops. Everyone starts with the same logic.

#Innovation #Learning

4/10

After a few stops, you notice others doing similar work. Their reports look like yours. Their outcomes sound familiar. You wonder if you’re original enough. Maybe you should pivot, perhaps take a different bus.

#Creativity #ImpactMeasurement

3/10

Imagine a huge bus station. Each platform is a path: tackling poverty, youth opportunity, mental health, climate. You pick a platform and board your bus with your project, your mission, your theory of change. 🚍

#SocialImpact #Leadership

2/10

Have you seen good models or bad ones? If you work with SRS or IDS UK, what do your approvals / data sharing agreements say about downstream use and public benefit?

#ONS #SRS #ADRUK #OpenData #DataEthics #UKData #SocialImpact #GovTech #DataPolicy

My take:

✅ Yes to selling the value add
✅ Free: core indicators plus a short method note.
✅ Paid: faster updates, UX, support, API, bespoke analysis.

This keeps public benefit, and still rewards the work 💡

If your charity wants to use postcode data without the GDPR headaches, I’m happy to share how this works or help you build your own version ⚙️

DM me 📩 or reply 💬

#DataForGood #CharityTech #GDPR

Why does “in the browser” matter? 🧐

Think of it like checking someone’s ID in their own house 🔑

You see it, take the info you need, and hand it straight back, nothing leaves with you.