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Can games technology revive place-making?

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18 Nov 2014

How can we re-discover this lost art of city making and adapt it to 21st century and future needs? Anthony Hudson FRSA argues that the internet is demonstrating how we can begin to understand, predict and apply the complex patterns that exist in nature to the development of towns and cities.
Do politicians need a social licence?

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29 Oct 2014

John Morrison

Businesses increasingly need more than a legal licence for their activities to be seen as legitimate in the eyes of society, argues John Morrison. This additional requirement is hard to define, but is composed of a number of elements including legitimacy in the eyes of society, trust and consent for the activity in question.
Is the future of cities smart?

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20 Oct 2014

In the future, cities will account for 80% of wealth creation, 60% of energy consumption, and almost 90% of global population growth, according to research on city science from MIT. Russel Cooke argues that those cities that understand the value of ‘big data’ within their urbanisation strategies will be better positioned for future improvements.
Ethics in Business

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23 Sep 2014

What does an ethical business look like and it is the same as one with a commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR)? Firoz Abdul Hamid FRSA argues that we have still a long way to go to understanding the real implications of ethics for business, and at best still pick and choose what comes under the banner of CSR.
Community Venturing – Is it Business Venturing?

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27 Aug 2014

In the RSA 2020 Public Services’ report Shopping for Shared Value, Jonathan Schifferes highlights change in major UK supermarkets whereby staff hours and, in some cases, rear-of-store rooms are being provided for community-based activity. John Leventhall FRSA asks whether this newfound community spirit is a sign of supermarkets’ enlightened self-interest to enhancing future profits and whether such approaches can expand to recognise the role that local business can play in the community.
Heritage Exchange 2014: Forging the next generation of heritage thinking

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11 Jul 2014

A note from Dame Jenny Abramsky, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Unlocking human capital

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11 Jul 2014

The pace of change in the labour market has accelerated tremendously. Juan Guerra FRSA argues that we need to be constantly learning to perform to our fullest potential and outlines some proposals that would allow millions to utilize and develop their skills.
Brazil: A Neymar Shaped Shadow

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10 Jul 2014

The power of positive thinking – and the destructive impact of negativity – was demonstrated by Brazil’s humiliation at the World Cup. Peter Sear FRSA explores the psychology of the host nation’s team.
Education Is More Than Qualifications

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28 Apr 2014

Education should be seen as an absolute necessity but our obsession with qualifications gets in the way of understanding the value of experience, argues Geoffrey Heptonstall.
The problem with leadership

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16 Apr 2014

Leadership, as we know it, is not working. FRSAs Juliette Summers and Brian Howieson argue that the experience of organisations like Wikipedia provide some lessons about how to reconnect organisations to the public good.