Ian Burbidge.

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Thinking out loud…

  • On being a systems entrepreneur

    How do we move forward in an uncertain world? A systems entrepreneur recognises that whatever their interests and various areas of expertise, they are moving forward into an unknown world.… Read more

  • On basic income as a means to an end

    How can we change the welfare system to help people solve their individual challenges? We’ve been exploring how a basic income could change the way welfare works. We wanted to… Read more

  • On the rise in foodbank use

    Today, Human Rights Watch vividly illustrate the rise of foodbank use in the UK. In their first work on the right to food in a “rich democracy”, the Human Rights… Read more

  • On systems leadership

    “Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope. But I don’t want your hope, I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic,… Read more

  • On coalescing tipping points

    “Some people, some companies, some decision-makers in particular have known exactly what priceless values they have been sacrificing to continue making unimaginable amounts of money. And I think many of… Read more

  • On innovation within complex adaptive systems

    At the RSA, we believe that when we think about the pursuit of progressive social change, we should care as much about how we achieve that change as about the… Read more

  • On innovation in health and social care (part 2)

    If public services are going to meet the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous demands of the 21st Century they need to be redefined and redesigned with resilience at their heart. … Read more

  • On innovation in health and social care (part 1)

    Innovation and the public sector are often seen to be in opposition, yet the caricature of a creaking bureaucracy is largely false. In the face of increasing demand, rising citizen… Read more

  • On the pain of adopting new ideas in organisations

    There are a number of reasons why things fail to spread in the public sector. It is helpful at the outset to be clear about what we are attempting to… Read more

  • On spreading ideas in complexity

    I was presenting at a health conference about how ideas and innovations spread, when a Director of Public Health vividly brought home the challenges involved. He did so by answering… Read more

  • On Norfolk in 2040

    Imagine a world in which autonomous vehicles have breathed new life into rural communities. Citizens will be reconnected and reintegrated into their communities, with all the benefit for health and… Read more

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