Community and place-based action Archives

Animations

A framework for change

24 May 2021

RSA chief executive Matthew Taylor shows how core human needs and motivations interact with social forces to shape and drive the dynamics of change.

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Key workers in the capital: one year in London

19 Apr 2021

Our findings show key workers need support to allow them to live comfortably among the communities they serve.

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Crisis, communities, change: demands for an equitable recovery

12 Apr 2021

Over the winter of 2020-2021, we undertook a community inquiry to listen to stories of resilience, challenge and imagination arising from the pandemic.

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Pride in place: The RSA Heritage Index 2020

13 Oct 2020

This report sets out how our local heritage can unlock a better future.

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Animations

Rebel, Upholder, Questioner, Obliger: which one are you? | Gretchen Rubin

25 Feb 2019

This animation shines a light on those quirks of our psychology that make it hard to change our (and other people’s!) behaviour. Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains the four personality ‘tendencies’ and their respective strengths and weaknesses.

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Move fast and fix things: How to be a public entrepreneur

24 Jul 2018

This report describes the findings from a six-month inquiry where we applied the RSA’s model of change “think like a system, act like an entrepreneur” to the challenges of procuring and scaling innovation through government.

A framework for change

Key workers in the capital: one year in London

Crisis, communities, change: demands for an equitable recovery

One Powerhouse

Pride in place: The RSA Heritage Index 2020

Heritage for Inclusive Growth

How to run a citizens’ assembly

Radical Home Care: how self-management could save social care

Rebel, Upholder, Questioner, Obliger: which one are you? | Gretchen Rubin

Move fast and fix things: How to be a public entrepreneur

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