Nowadays we want flexible, adaptive services that can respond to local demands... but with the assurance that national standards will still apply; we want an NHS guided by fairness, but understand the value of local provision.
Health is more than a question of institutional provision, it is also a social issue shaped by social conditions and collective behaviour
In an ageing society, we need to imagine a radically different role for public services - as conveners and relationship builders rather than one-stop package providers.
If people remain marginalised from online conversations and forums, they remain as excluded from the decisions that affect their lives as ever before.
Why not promote a greater role for citizens and communities in other public services - not just as consumers but as partners?
We need to address the real challenge: how we redesign services for better outcomes at lower cost.
Our work on incubating good ideas is proving that often innovators fail by attempting too much, too soon.
Last week's broadcast of Generations Apart on BBC Radio 4 highlights the challenges young people face finding work in today's labour market in comparison to those starting careers in the 1960s.
The performance of the European venture capital industry has historically been worse than that of the industry in the US. While there are many reasons for this, one contentious factor that is often touted is that investors on this side of the Atlantic are less well able to find and nurture those businesses that have the potential to achieve high growth.
Last week saw the arrival of Kickstarter, the US crowdfunding behemoth to the UK.
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