Friday, 30 May 2014

We need to involve people in a whole new way

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While the rather depressing election results of the last week poured in, I was having a report published that is intended partly as a contri...
Thursday, 29 May 2014

It's not what you say, it's where you say it

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I had just arrived at my office this morning when I ran into one of my colleagues.  “Hello, David,” she said.   “I’ve just been reading abo...
Monday, 26 May 2014

We still need Clegg - but we need to release him from Prison Whitehall

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"We're British people, with all their qualities and faults, with feelings and emotions, and not denationalised, impersonal polyglot...
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Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Imagine the poorest areas could survive using their own resources

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Imagine.  Imagine it might be possible to set aside the great lie of economic strategy (trickle down patently doesn’t trickle; it hoovers u...
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Monday, 5 May 2014

Why time banks imply a different kind of public service

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Ever since I invited the time banks pioneer Edgar Cahn over to the UK in 1997, I have been fascinated by the growth of the idea across Eu...
Monday, 28 April 2014

Marketing brands: they can't help themselves

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Just when you thought you were safe from French Connection UK (known for some years now as fcuk), there is a trend identified by the New Yor...
Tuesday, 22 April 2014

The delusions of the first decade of the century

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The news that HMRC is preparing to s ell our anonymised tax data has made me wonder a little at how we will remember this decade when it is...
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