AQA Creative Education Conference, Part 2: Industries and Schools

by Melissa Romaine

Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to speak to 150 arts teachers, ICT heads, administrators and a handful of industry specialists at the AQA Creative Education Conference in Birmingham, UK.

The Finance Innovation Lab: A case study of system innovation in finance

by Rachel Sinha and Richard Spencer

How do you change a system?

This is a question which is almost impossible to answer. 'There's so much talk about the system. And so little understanding', as said in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. In this case study we're going to tell you all about the dead ends, the mistakes, successes and what we learnt. And here's a picture of what we learnt.

A 'how to' for System Innovation: a starting place for practitioners

by Anna Birney

The following is a guest blog from Anna Birney, Head of System Innovation Lab, Forum for the Future.

Systems failure and systems thinking

by Professor John Seddon

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and successive tragic events in children’s services represent the tip of the iceberg of systems failure[1]. Recommendations from subsequent inquiries amount to no more than doing the wrong thing righter, for example improving inspection and accountability, rather than learning how to do the right thing.

Plan I at Budget 2013

by Stian Westlake

How to use the Government’s purchasing power to boost Britain’s most innovative businesses

Being innovative about innovation prizes

by Bryony Everett

Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation once said: "Solutions to many of the world's most difficult social problems don't need to be invented. They need only to be found, funded and scaled." She's right.

The Ageing Heroes

by Vicki Sellick

The House of Lord's Select Committee today declared the UK is "woefully underprepared for an ageing society" and that the NHS will need "radical reform" to cope with the demands of an ageing population in the future. They're not wrong.

AQA Creative Education Conference, Part 1: Resources

by Melissa Romaine

The education team here at Nesta believe that children are inherent makers who "bake" pies with mud, share stories with their invisible (and visible) friends, create YouTube videos of their friends dancing to popular songs, and have mastered manipulating tablets and touch screens to draw.

Dialogos de Cocina

by Geoff Mulgan

Cooking has become like Hollywood or Rock music, with global stars and fans.