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Prediction Fiction

29 Mar 2023 Madeline Ashby
A futurist-novelist explains how strategic forecasting helps build better tomorrows by facing the truths of today
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Honest labour

27 Sep 2022 Emmet McNamee
With many workers pushing for their companies to have a positive impact on the biggest issues society faces, McNamee explores what workers need to maximise their collective power.
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Culture unpacked

26 Sep 2022 Maria Silina
Maria Silina poses the question, Who gains when cultural organisations claim ‘neutrality’?
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Making a good impression

21 Sep 2022 Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett explores how cultural shifts are driving radical change in enterprise.
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This is not an ESG article

21 Sep 2022 Rebeca Minguela
Rebeca Minguela argues to make progress responding to the most profound societal problems we collectively face, we need to refocus the conversation.
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A celebration of political innovation

1 Apr 2020 Sarah Darrall
The RSA is proud to announce a partnership with the Innovation in Politics Institute to give awards for democratic innovations. The example of li, Finland shows what the awards are all about.
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The study of conflict shows that divided people can come together when they talk

7 Feb 2020 Riley Thorold, Owain Service
One of the most famous experiments in social psychology took place in Robbers Cave state park, Oklahoma, in the early 1950s.
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Design principles for democratic innovation

28 Jan 2020 Ed Cox
Ed Cox on the opening of the International Week of Democratic Innovation at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.
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Three principles for tackling regional inequality

7 Jan 2020 Ed Cox
With both of the main Westminster parties recognising the need for a new focus on England’s regions, it is important they learn from past mistakes and adopt a long-term, principled approach.
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The industry of the future: care

16 Feb 2017 Anthony Painter
Anthony Painter asks what a social mission driven industrial policy would look like – starting with care.
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