Exploring our biggest social challenges.
I share below copies of the research publications that I have authored or co-written. They all unpack significant social challenges and offer insights about how we might address them. This is illustrative of the kinds of diagnostic I do, leading to practical actions for change.
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Stronger Together
Exploring governance implications for third sector infrastructure organisations [June 2022]
A rough guide to being a public entrepreneur
A summary of the innovation learning journey I led with the team from NHS Lothian [September 2022]
Crisis, Communities and Change
Community experiences of Covid19 – exploring questions of social justice and equity [April 2021]
Seizing the moment
Lessons learned – and insights from – the initial Covid19 response of UK local public services [November 2020]
A stitch in time?
How to realise the benefits of taking a long-term perspective – in our own lives, in organisations and in society as a whole [October 2020]
Using economic development to improve health
Exploring how to grow local economies in ways that improve local health outcomes. With Health Foundation. [September 2020]
Innovation in public finance
Learning from innovators to explore the opportunities for change in a traditionally risk-averse field. With ACCA. [September 2019]
A basic income for Scotland
Designing a bold Basic Income experiment in Fife: a blueprint for change [May 2019]
Move fast and fix things
How to be a public entrepreneur. Exploring innovation in public service procurement and commissioning [August 2018]
Think like a system, act like an entrepreneur
A new way of looking at change. In the Annual Review of Social Partnerships (ASRP) Journal [November 2017]
Releasing energy for change in our communities
A new analysis of how to support the emergence and growth of social movements – with a specific focus on improving health [October 2017]
Transforming Together
Leading for People and Place: a framework for effective place-based collaboration [September 2017]
The system entrepreneur
Lead article: presenting a different approach to public sector reform – one grounded in the wider systemic perspective [June 2017]
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