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 […]
February 2014
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 argument of the Frugal Innovator is that we need a different approach to innovation, one which addresses big social challenges rather than proliferating new versions of existing products. That […]
Innovation in Education: Lessons from Pioneers Around the World
Innovation in Education explores the work of 16 pioneers around the world who have developed new, effective approaches to education that work at scale. These pioneers are almost all drawn […]
Up The Down Escalator
Up the Down Escalator argues that pessimism and optimism will form the main fault lines of politics in the early-21st-century. On left and right pessimists bemoan the collapse of traditional […]