Cloud Culture
Cloud Culture published in the Spring of 2010 by Counterpoint, the British Council think tank, explores how the rise of cloud computing could change our culture and asks whether it […]
The London Recipe
Some of the best recipes in the world are made of two simple ingredients: bacon and eggs, fish and ships, tomato and basil, gin and tonic. It’s not so different with […]
Remixing the City – reports
Among a variety of my reports on the future of cities are these: The Completely Creative City Written for the British Council, this report tries to extend our idea of […]
A Better Kind of Banking
This report reveals, in very practical terms, how the deeply troubled UK financial sector could be transformed by learning from the commercial insurgents banging on the gates of the banking […]
Systems Innovation
The biggest challenges we face involve more than innovation in products and services. They involve changing entire systems of production, consumption, behaviour and regulation. This disucssion paper sets out some […]
The Art of Exit
The biggest challenge facing public service innovation is not the creation and development of new ideas. Actually the public sector is rich in new ideas and practices, especially at the […]
It’s Cooperation Stupid
The argument of this pamphlet is that we should jettison the assumption that humans are selfish, first and foremost. Instead, we should start from the assumption that most of the […]
The Search for A New Capitalism
The Search for a New Capitalism: an essay for The Spectator, can be found here. The Best Things in Life Are Free: an essay for the New Statesman on the […]
The Frugal Innovator
The Frugal Innovator will be published in late April 2014. The argument of the Frugal Innovator is that we need a different approach to innovation, one which addresses big social […]