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Brands and behaviour change: beyond the usual suspects

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30 May 2012

Benedict Dellot

Towards an economy of 'care, craft and culture'

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28 May 2012

Jonathan Rowson

An economy of care, craft and culture. Who could be against that? At an explicit level, nobody, but all the emphasis on 'jobs', 'growth' and 'productivity' risks undermining all of these things in the name of labour productivity- growth fuelled by increasing the the economic outputs from human inputs.

A step closer to closing the gap?

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23 May 2012

Matthew Taylor

Starting to focus on my 2012 annual lecture, I want to find a way of taking the 21CE argument to a new level, making it both more nuanced and more powerful. The posts I will write are not much more than thinking aloud so may be of little interest, but many readers have given me useful tips and advice as I have worked on previous iterations so I will, as always, be grateful for views…..

Angleterre, Nil Points

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21 May 2012

Joe Hallgarten

Everyone has his or her own prejudice-drenched and ideology-affirming reason for why Finland appears to have such fantastic schools. Better trained, higher status teachers; a later school starting age; less time at school; ‘curriculum coherence’; an atmosphere of collaboration; no external testing or inspection; a monocultural population; dark boring winter nights with no choice but to study.

Smart enough to be dumb, or vice versa?

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14 May 2012

Jonathan Rowson

Just came across this section of Transforming Behaviour Change while looking for a reference about decision-making and thought it was worth sharing. Any vegetarians or anti-vegetarians out there with views on the subject?

In pursuit of happiness

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10 May 2012

‘Happiness’ is a concept that I seem to be increasingly encountering. It is the subject of a piece of work that my colleagues in Arts and Society are involved with in collaboration with the Happy Museum Project, an initiative that is encouraging UK museums to support transition to well-being and sustainability in our society.

The Myth of Multi-tasking

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04 May 2012

Jonathan Rowson

Many blogs are neophilic, about stuff just posted that has to be seen, but the web is also an archive, and sometimes you stumble upon something of value from yesteryear. So I  just wanted to share my rediscovery of the following thoughtful Atlantic article by Christine Rosen from the Jurassic period of 2008 called 'The Myth of Multi-tasking'.

The limits of Scientism: John Gray on Jonathan Haidt

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27 Apr 2012

Jonathan Rowson

I just read a fascinating review of Jonathan Haidt's acclaimed new book: The Righteous Mind, which he spoke about recently at the RSA.

What's the best age to be?

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18 Apr 2012

Jonathan Rowson

I became 35 today, and have the cake and candles to prove it. It therefore felt particularly serendipitous to read the headline in the Guardian: Is 35 really the best age to be?