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'Can-do’: no substitute for strategy

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22 Oct 2013

Frank Hore FRSA David Low FRSA

The NHS has got to be more focused on patient care. Teachers will have to try harder. Not long ago, town-hall budget cutbacks were not going to impact front-line services. And for years now the private sector has institutionalised ‘can-do’ as best practice: everyone’s got to accept greater responsibilities with fewer resources.
Action on passive housing

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14 Oct 2013

The UK’s mainstream political parties agree that we need more homes and to cut carbon emissions. Stewart Fergusson FRSA argues that the ‘passive house’ approach, which is well developed in parts of Europe, provide one answer and that housing associations should lead the drive for innovation.
RSA Animate – Re-Imagining Work

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25 Sep 2013

How can we get people more engaged, more productive, and happier at work? Is technology part of the problem – and could it also be part of the solution? Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, imagines what might be possible if more organisations embraced the full, empowering potential of technology and encouraged a truly open, collaborative and flexible working culture. Taken from a talk given by Dave Coplin as part of the RSA's free public events programme.Visit the RSA website for more RSA Animates.
Rethink homes for older people

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02 Sep 2013

Google the phrase ‘aged care crisis’ and you will get around 14 million results. In less than one second a simple internet search provides a clear picture of how much has been debated, tweeted, blogged and reported on aged care. I am not being flippant: my point is that for every word written or spoken, not much has changed – just look at the figures.
Comfort in Sadness?

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19 Aug 2013

Onora O’Neill’s views on assisted dying are well known to me and her conclusions do not surprise me. Her main contention in the article is that a change in legislation on assisted dying would affect very few people. The quality of end of life care in the UK is very variable, in some places poor, and she suggests that it is inappropriate that so much attention is given to assisted dying when there are far more important matters that need remedy.
Half a Century in Community Education

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05 Aug 2013

In 1930 the first village college opened, modelled on the ideals of Henry Morris of Cambridgeshire. Maurice Dybeck FRSA argues that we should go back to Morris’ vision, assess what was achieved and salvage some of the things since lost.
Stop ‘Managing’ and Show Some Ethical Leadership

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01 Aug 2013

Christine A. Hemingway FRSA argues that e-bureaucracy and over-management is the result of our misuse of information technology. This prevents us from thinking for ourselves and is stifling the personal and collective conscience.
How cities learn

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13 May 2013

Eddy Adam FRSA has spent the past year looking at how cities can innovate in addressing the challenges they face in the 21st century. Central to this is how cities can better learn from one another.
Justifying Arts Funding

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08 May 2013

As spending cuts continue to impact on arts funding, the need for measuring impacts is more important than ever. William Wingate FRSA argues that there maybe an unlikely model from which to learn: transport.
A Second Renaissance?

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30 Apr 2013

Six hundred years ago, the first renaissance began in a period with several recurring outbreaks of plague. The fear was real; a third of the European population died and it was clear that neither the church nor the rulers could protect them against this catastrophe.

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Latest thinking

'Can-do’: no substitute for strategy

Action on passive housing

RSA Animate – Re-Imagining Work

Rethink homes for older people

Comfort in Sadness?

Half a Century in Community Education

Stop ‘Managing’ and Show Some Ethical Leadership

How cities learn

Justifying Arts Funding

A Second Renaissance?