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Behaviour change

Making space for melancholy

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24 Feb 2020

Clem Henricson

Our society should welcome and accommodate melancholy as an important human emotion rather than avoid it.
‘Keep-yourself-to-yourself’: the new ‘giant’

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10 Feb 2020

Martin Graham FRSA

Permission to Smile has been successful in encouraging friendly interactions between strangers in Birmingham. Its founder Martin Graham now wants it go national.
The kindness of strangers

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20 Jan 2020

Dr Amy Pollard

Join #GreatBritishValentine to send a home-made card with a message of goodwill (not romance!) to a stranger, and have someone allocated to send a card to you. Register by February 4th to get involved.
Indistractable

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22 Nov 2019

Beverly Landais

In an age of addictive technologies, distraction seems to be everywhere. Beverly Landais FRSA shares practical steps from an RSA talk on 'How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life'.
Canada’s response to Trump

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28 Aug 2019

Akaash Maharaj

Trump’s main export to Canada has been a sense of national smugness, that his outrages and absurdities could never find a purchase here. But, Akaash Maharaj, FRSA argues, it would be an act of monumental self-deception for Canadians to believe that we are an island set above the rage bubbling across the world.
Why Don’t Men Speak?

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13 Jun 2019

Kenny Mammarella-D'Cruz

The biggest killer of men in the UK under 45 is suicide. As Men’s Health Week comes to a close, Kenny Mammarella-D’Cruz FRSA, who has worked with men for almost 30 years, explores why so many men do not access help and what could be done.
Autonomy and personalisation

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31 May 2019

Ana Chubinidze FRSA

Policymakers and algorithm coders should be the ones educated about the ethical and societal issues associated with using personalised online content, not consumers.
Community café

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13 Nov 2018

Steve Morris FRSA

"Where is our community hurting? Is there anything we can do about it?" These are some of the questions that Steve Morris FRSA was asking in the process of creating a community café in North London, to tackle loneliness and improve memory in elderly people.
Waking up to gender inequality

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27 Sep 2018

Robert Lindberg

Gender equality should be taught from a young age so that society can unlearn damaging assumptions about gender norms before it's too late.
The Non Sense of Work Life Balance

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04 Dec 2017

Melanie Kirkbride

For decades, programs and policies have been aiming to bring us a harmonious work life balance. Melanie Kirkbride FRSA argues that we have been asking the wrong question.