Geoff Mulgan
Geoff Mulgan
Geoff Mulgan CBEis Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts and Visiting Professor at University College London, the London School of Economics and the University of Melbourne. Previously he was:...
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technology people empowerment
The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen.
technology imagination people
The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.
art ideas doe
The idea of entrepreneurship applies as much in politics, religion, society and the arts as it does in business.
innovation economy bits
Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.
kind narcissism collectives
All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.
people prefer
I have a lot of admiration for people willing to face the public, but I'd prefer not to.
ability change cynical government leave left opposite people rather
Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.
both complex council directly elected government include ministers organised parliament relationships shown
Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected parliament that does not appoint the executive, independent judiciaries and a complex set of relationships between the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the Parliament.