Nationalism, those of us in the centre ground of politics are told, is a very bad thing: inability to work together across borders, tribalism, “othering”…
Nationalism, those of us in the centre ground of politics are told, is a very bad thing: inability to work together across borders, tribalism, “othering”…
Top-down public services in the UK are planned and delivered according to techno-bureaucratic systems and processes which followed the thinking in the Beveridge Report of…
This interview appeared in Het Financieele Dagblad. Download original article (in Dutch) using the buttons on this page. English translation is below. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM…
We have often addressed in this blog the question of bottom-up versus top down initiatives. The latest has been Barry Cooper’s excellent piece about getting…
I remember some years ago a TV documentary called ‘why do people hate Ryanair’. I found it so influential that I never flew with them…
The world is full of clusters. They have been around since the beginning of time. They can be seen from both top down and bottom…
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…
I have just come back from travelling around Europe by train. I wanted to show my children some of it before the re-imposition of passports…
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…
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. …
I was a little late last night and nearly missed the Nesta event in London to launch the report they wrote with Osca. But I’m…
Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. German just trips off the tongue doesn’t it. The delightfully named Permanent Conference of the…