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Royal Shakespeare Company - a creative report for organisational change
DEMOS, supported by NESTA, publish a new report on the Royal Shakespeare Company and their creative approach to organisational change.
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Galvanising community-led responses to climate change
Alongside action by government and business, community-led innovation will be central to the UK's ability to achieve its CO2 emission reduction targets.
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An evaluation of NESTA's pilot projects to develop the skills of risk taking
This report presents the main findings from five pilot projects, supported
by NESTA to test different ways of developing an awareness of risk-taking in young people or the professionals who work with them.
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The Open Book of Social Innovation
This book is about the many ways in which people are creating new and more effective answers to the biggest challenges of our times.
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Playing the Game: Insider views on video game development
This book is the collective gathering of informed views from seasoned video games developers.
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The Money Game: project finance and video games development in the UK
Seemingly everyone agrees on the importance of the video games sector to the UK economy.
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Mass Localism
A way to help small communities solve big social challenges.
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