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Geoff Mulgan

I'm going to share some of the interesting projects I see, ideas I stumble across and issues I encounter in my job as NESTA's CEO.

Olympic pride

The past week has been a showcase of British Olympic ambition, not just on the track, field and water, but also in the opening ceremony.

06.08.2012

Ageing: can we mobilise enough creativity to make longer lives a boon and not a time bomb?

This week Nesta launched a new prize supported by the Cabinet Office to reward innovations that can reduce isolation amongst older people.

11.07.2012

Collective awareness and systemic innovation

I presented at a fascinating session earlier in the week on platforms for collective awareness, a European project to get to the bottom of how the future internet can empower people rather than ushering in new powers for big brother.

06.07.2012

Why there is such a thing as a bad idea

On the plane back from a recent trip to Seoul I was able to catch up on some books including Philip Ball's very readable ones on shapes and flow and Jonah Lehrer's new book on creativity which gathers a lot of recent evidence and case studies in a very digestable way.

27.06.2012

A recent visit to Hong Kong and Seoul

Last week I visited Hong Kong and Seoul.

19.06.2012

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