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Swimming against the tide: How to change police culture

Press release

16 Apr 2012

Police should be given more time every week to explicitly reflect on their decisions, habits and attention to mitigate institutionalised problems within the force, according to a report published by the RSA.
Reflexive Coppers: Adaptive challenges in policing report

Report

01 Apr 2012

A better understanding of human behaviour could help the police adapt more effectively to current challenges in policing.
Obstacles to Mindfulness as a Key to a Healthier Society

Blog

13 Mar 2012

Before I launch my series on how, in my view, mindfulness is a very powerful tool for closing what the RSA calls the ‘social aspiration gap’, I want to bring some perspective. I want to list the main reasons why mindfulness – if it is actually as great as I will argue it is – is not so popular yet:
Beyond the Big Society

Report

01 Jan 2012

Since its first mention by David Cameron in his 2009 Hugo Young lecture, the Big Society has made an extraordinary impact on the public mind.
Smarter Cab Drivers

Report

01 Dec 2011

This project features a rare study of taxi drivers in their working habitats, and presents wider lessons about the challenges of efficient fuel use in the context of rising energy prices and climate change. However you conceive the climate problem, efficiency is an important part of the solution.
Transforming behaviour change

Report

01 Nov 2011

How can we best use the emerging science of human behaviour to empower people to help themselves and their communities in addressing society’s major challenges?
Inside the Mind of a Cabbie

Report

01 Jul 2011

Can cabbies show us the way forward in terms of saving fuel?
Shell launches driving efficiency challenge to find Britain’s most fuel efficient cabbie

Press release

29 Jun 2011

Shell, in collaboration with the RSA, has launched Smarter Cab Drivers - aimed at helping British cab drivers become more fuel efficient and save money by making simple changes to the way they drive.
Steer: the report

Report

01 Jun 2010

Giving people the tools to understand how their brains, behaviours and environments interact helps them make better decisions and tackle habits like smoking.