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Policy, politics and human motivation

Blog

30 Mar 2021

Matthew Taylor

In the fourth of a series of blogs posts – part of the RSA Living Change campaign – Matthew Taylor explores how ideas used to understand human motivation and organisational change might also be applied to politics and policy.
How to create a better new normal

Public talks / Online

25 Mar 2021

Online

Influential public thinker Cass Sunstein explores how the evolution of social norms affects policy change. Drawing lessons from the civil rights movement to our response to COVID-19, he shows how we can use this moment to challenge the status quo and usher in change that lasts.
Cities of Learning: from pilot to impact

Blog

24 Mar 2021

Tom Kenyon

It is nearly six years since it was recommended to create a 'Cities of Learning' programme to establish a model designing and delivering inclusive lifelong learning, tailored to the needs of local people and economies. The RSA’s Tom Kenyon outlines the progress that has been made.
The secret life of organisational culture

Blog

23 Mar 2021

Matthew Taylor

The third in a series of blog posts relating to our Living Change campaign. This post explores modes of coordination - hierarchy, solidarity, individualism and fatalism - in the context of organisational culture and change.
Co-opting the guild for good

Blog

19 Mar 2021

Alexa Clay

Ahead of the launch of the RSA's Good Work Guild, Alexa Clay, Director of RSA US, asks how we can re-imagine and deploy the medieval structure of the guild for modern 21st century change-making?
Crisis, recovery, and the power of care

Public talks / Online

18 Mar 2021

Online via YouTube

Renowned children’s author and poet Michael Rosen shares his experiences of the transformative care of loved ones and strangers through a period of illness and recovery.
Piloting a new approach to lifelong learning

Blog

17 Mar 2021

Mark Hall

Millions of people around the world urgently need to develop new skills as we recover from the pandemic. The RSA, with Bayes Impact and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, aims to help people on this journey with a new digital careers coaching platform.
The patterns we all wear

Blog

16 Mar 2021

Matthew Taylor

Following my last introductory blog post, over the next few blogs I will explore a set of ideas by looking at how they might apply to us as individuals, to organisational culture and change, to policy, place and ideology.
A new social contract for our times

Public talks / Online

11 Mar 2021

Online via YouTube

Minouche Shafik, one of the world's most influential economists, puts forward a hopeful framework for social, economic, and political renewal.
How can you report pain if you struggle to recognise it?

Comment

10 Mar 2021

Carly Jones MBE FRSA

During the first Covid-19 lockdown, Carly Jones became concerned about the autistic people she works with and how they and others who struggle to communicate pain would be able to gain timely care. So she designed and launched a self-funded app to help.