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Engaging forgotten places

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11 May 2021

Ruth Hannan

Some places are becoming recognised for their transformational locally-led change programmes. They have had bold leadership that has seen the value of working closely with and trusting residents in their neighbourhoods to decide what they want the place they live to be like. But what about the rest?
Crises and change: our community enquiry

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10 May 2021

Ian Burbidge

Ian Burbidge introduces 'Navigating Crises and Change: Past, Present and Future', a year-long community enquiry.
The best and the worst of us

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07 May 2021

Matthew Taylor

The eighth in a series of posts about ‘coordination theory’ - a set of ideas about human motivation, organisational and social change - looks at 'solidarity'. Solidarity is arguably the form that brings out both the best and worst parts of our characters.
The overheating engine of progress

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29 Apr 2021

Matthew Taylor

Individualism is one of the three forms of coordination - the others being hierarchy, solidarity and fatalism. This post explores individualism - what is it, how has it evolved, what are its strengths and weaknesses?
Making change happen isn’t easy. But the right approach makes it possible.

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23 Apr 2021

Anthony Painter

Change is not a linear process. The challenges we are facing are too complex and intractable for a single discipline or organisation to address in isolation. However, change is possible with the right approach.
Reclaiming the future

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21 Apr 2021

Philipa Duthie

Climate change has highlighted the duty of current generations to those who come after us. Philipa Duthie explores some of the lessons we can learn from indigenous cultures and new moves to deliver intergenerational justice.
The underachieving normal

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20 Apr 2021

Matthew Taylor

Public services, commercial corporations and spontaneous social movements: what's the power they all lack? How might public service reform not flounder through shoehorning dynamism into a universalist and planned approach? How might businesses become genuinely socially responsible rather than merely intoning fine sounding rhetoric?
Boosting community enterprise

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19 Apr 2021

Ian Burbidge

Building strong foundations for the future requires collective effort, with the public and private sectors both playing a part.
Changing fashion from the ground up

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19 Apr 2021

Josie Warden

How can our places shape a different future for fashion? Introducing Leeds Fashion Futures, a partnership with Zero Waste Leeds.
Fancy a walk, and a better world? Meet RSA Central’s Fellowship Councillors

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16 Apr 2021

Clare Gage FRSA Rachel Sharpe FRSA

Clare Gage and Rachel Sharpe, RSA Fellowship Councillors for the Central region, introduce themselves and outline what they want to create with Central region Fellows over the next few years.