This post is a version of one that first appeared in Town and Country Planning magazine. When I first found myself writing about new ideas in the…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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The G20 meeting this week was more successful than one would have dared hope. Apart from the violence and street riots, that is. The meeting…
I have seen it many times in the business world. The Chief Financial Officer promoted to be chief executive but never stops actually being and…
I recently came across this article by Jan-Werner Mueller that de-constructs what ‘populism’ really means. Mueller has also authored a book titled What is Populism? In summary,…
If you went back to the early 1870s, you would find that Birmingham – a stinking cesspit of great wealth and horrific poverty – was…
Whenever we hear of another disaster or whistle blow, we wonder how or why it happened. Why didn’t anyone say something sooner? and if they…
In 1978-9, the famous Winter of Discontent brought down the Callaghan government. At that time the Labour government was trying to enforce a 5% pay…
There are some who will wish to pretend that the result of the general election had no bearing whatsoever on the Brexit negotiations the UK…
Successful leadership in politics is to have a vision that can stretch across traditional voting patterns and a set of values that resonate with a…
Some years ago now, I met the anthropologist Polly Wiessner, the expert on the complex network of reciprocal obligations in the culture of !Kung bushmen….
I have been writing less of late, blog-wise. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which has been the birth of my…
An American travelling in, say, Nigeria who is asked to make a cash payment for someone to ’smooth the process’ they should be doing as…