I never went inter-railing, as so many of my friends did in the 1970s, but I have now to mark the imminent arrival of my…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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I was astonished to receive a report from the Institute for Government, telling us how digital public services will save £46bn. Leave aside my frequent criticisms of…
On March 21, 71 to 20 majority of the elected members in the 135-seat Catalan parliament voted for the immediate freeing of the political prisoners…
One of the reasons bureaucracy annoys us so is that it mostly doesn’t seem to provide the services we, as individuals, want for ourselves and…
I was interviewed by the new television news arm of the Financial Times a couple of weeks back, and realised – perhaps a little reluctantly –…
I haven’t ever given a lecture to nursing students before, and thoroughly enjoyed doing so last week. but it was also a bit of an…
I have just finished a call with Vodafone to renew my mobile phone subscription. The gentleman on the other line was very courteous. Maybe more…
In 1978, I moved away from bureaucracy. I did so because I was disillusioned with the top-down system and wanted to live away from it. …
In a recent, outstanding article for The Guardian, Gary Younge argued that the “fantasies” of Brexit may have been in part propelled not only by a…
The collapse of government contractor Carillion will spread havoc. Sympathy for its creditors may not be overwhelming. But the impact on those who depended on…
The truth is that top-down and bottom-up are already living together. I have just come across a suggestion that our present top-down bureaucratic form of…
Yet another miserable journey home with Southern Rail (power supply problems again, or so they say), I found myself thinking about Britain’s brand new aircraft…