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…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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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…
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…
It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of all people. Yet I have…
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…
Text of talk given at the launch of Radix Italy. Excerpt: (Download full text here) ‘Radix’ is derived from the latin name for root. To…