List of The last word Archive

Education Is More Than Qualifications

Comment

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.

Dan Pink on Persuasion

Video

28 Apr 2014

Bestselling author Dan Pink shows us how to influence others more effectively; it’s as simple as A-B-C. Whether we're employees pitching to our bosses, parents and teachers cajoling kids, or politicians presenting new policies, we can all improve the way we persuade others.

Thinking of the UK as 'post-Christian' is surprisingly helpful.

Blog

28 Apr 2014

Jonathan Rowson

You may have noticed the media have recently been interested in the question of whether Britain is a Christian country. The story went something like this:

Old states, new technologies

Blog

24 Apr 2014

Matthew Taylor

I agree with Adam Lent. There is no fundamental reason why the accelerating capacity of new technology to undertake tasks previously the domain of skilled humans should lead us to be pessimistic about the prospects for social progress. All things being equal, rising productivity driven by technological advance provides the basis for sustained economic growth and sustained economic growth (especially if that growth is focussed on the quality not the quantity of production) should mean more people being able to pay each other to have their needs met and desires fulfilled.

City connections and city identity

Blog

23 Apr 2014

Jonathan Schifferes

Can you have too much connectivity? At last week’s City Growth Commission seminar on connectivity, Mark Kleinman, (Director of Business and Economic Policy at the Greater London Authority), highlighted that connectivity is not just a factor, it’s the factor in London’s success: economic power in the global economy is defined by connectivity. The seminar considered how different forms of connectivity affect London and other UK cities.<!--more-->

Behavioural science’s wide reach: a boat on the Thames and beyond

Blog

23 Apr 2014

Nathalie Spencer

A world-renowned academic, an advertising and communications guru, a boat, booze, and behavioural science. It can only mean one thing: Behavioural Boozenomics is having a birthday party! But behavioural science is about more than just booze and banter, and its reach is extending beyond the niche into the mainstream.<!--more-->

Search Inside Yourself

Video

23 Apr 2014

Chade Meng Tan is an early Google engineer and personal growth pioneer

The Big Idea: a directory for media companies to access more diverse voices

Blog

22 Apr 2014

The Big Idea: a directory, advice and contacts for writers of colour to help media companies access voices that better reflect our diverse society.

Speed Dating with the Circular Economy

Blog

22 Apr 2014

Jonathan Rowson

Setting: in a little known boutique hidden inside Café de Paris in Piccadilly Circus, singles shuffle furtively as they prop up the bar. Long since unleashed from ideological matrimony, but increasingly weary of social media and existentially adrift, they have come for a subterranean adventure, hoping to meet ideas they can truly believe in, seeking friendship, and perhaps something more.