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.
A few years ago, I and others started promoting the idea of creating a NICE for areas of public policy. NICE is the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and is a unique institution that publicly rules on what works in healthcare - and what's cost effective.
07.06.2012Jean-Marc Ayrault has just been appointed France’s Prime Minister. He’s also Mayor of Nantes, where he is involved in one of Europe’s most interesting and radical experiments, and one of the sadly rare examples of a financial innovation that might create value for the public rather than destroying it.
21.05.2012You might have thought that learning about information technology in schools would be exciting and infinitely motivating. After all, teenagers find it hard to tear themselves away from games and social media. Left to their own devices, they have no difficulty creating new characters, stories and home movies.
20.05.2012Any discussion on innovation in the public sector soon turns to the problem of risk. Surely public services are simply too risk averse to take big risks? And anyway shouldn’t we want them to avoid risks with things like traffic light systems or nuclear safety?
18.05.2012Eighteen months ago I was asked to give a talk on the outlook for the coalition at the Carlton Club, one of the high temples of British Conservatism. I came across my notes this week, which provided a reminder of just how quickly political moods can change.
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