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After the Apocalypse
Lessons from the global financial crisis
A collection of perspectives on the correct response to the credit crisis and economic downturn from a group of distinguished experts.
Peter Harrington
November 2008
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Network Citizens
Power and responsibility at work
Humans are social animals, spinning intricate webs of relationships with friends, colleagues, neighbours and enemies. These networks have always been with us, but the advance of networking technologies, changes to our interconnected economy and an altering job market
have super-charged the power of networking, catapulting it to the heart of organisational thinking.
Peter Bradwell Richard Reeves
October 2008
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Essays on Integration and Participation
“In a multicultural Europe, we need to discover a new
modus vivendi...”
Peter Harrington
October 2008
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Towards Agile Government
Public service reform is one of the major preoccupations of the three main parties in the run up to the next general election. In fact they all seem to be heading in a similar direction: greater citizen involvement in design and delivery; more local decision making, better freedom for front line-staff, combined with greater efficiency.
Jamie Bartlett
October 2008
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Video Republic
Cheap digital technology and broadband access have broken
the moving-image monopoly held by production companies
and broadcasters. In its place a new theatre of public
information has emerged.
Celia Hannon Charlie Tims
October 2008
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A More United Kingdom
The idea of shared social standards has always been part of the fabric of political ideas and public life. But modern life is bringing changes to the way shared social standards are created, reinforced and used day to day. Collective life faces new pressures as communities become more transient, families more dispersed, work less secure and traditional institutions less powerful.
Liam Byrne
September 2008
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State of Trust
How to build better relationships between councils and the public
Politicians from all parties are beginning to grasp a public service reform agenda based on localism, co-production and community empowerment. But the vision of a partnership between citizen and state is under threat from worryingly low levels of public trust in politics and democratic institutions.
Melissa Mean Phil Spires
July 2008
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Brazil
The natural knowledge-economy
The landscape for innovation in Brazil is changing fast. Research budgets are rising. Brazilian scientists and innovators are at the forefront of developments from biofuels to genomics and software. And Brazil is now the fifteenth largest producer of scientific publications, up eight places in under a decade.
Kirsten Bound
July 2008
| from The Atlas of Ideas
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The Future Face of Enterprise
Enterprise is all too often associated with making money. Yet, there is so much more to it: enterprise is about creating a culture of initiative, creativity, risk-taking amongst young people and adults. It is about using entrepreneurial energy to drive change.
Alessandra Buonfino
July 2008
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Making the most of collaboration
An international survey of co-design
Co-design has become an international movement. This discussion paper reports on the findings of a ground-breaking international survey of 466 public service practitioners, and sets out the challenges that will affect the implementation of collaborative design principles in the future.
Peter Bradwell
June 2008
| from Co-Design: barriers and enablers
