Ian Burbidge.

Writer.

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 the biggest issue you never knew you cared about

    Government spends more than £250bn of taxpayers money every year, providing services, fixing problems or improving communities up and down the land. The risks of getting it wrong are high… Read more

  • On energy and opportunity for change

    How can we explore the priorities and possibilities for change by looking at the concepts of energy and opportunities? Energy for change is the notion that all change requires energy… Read more

  • On coalitions and partnerships

    How do we identify and account for the value in bringing a range of diverse people, perspectives and organisations together, initiated by a challenge or local imperative for action and… Read more

  • On learning from social entrepreneurs

    Does the skillset and mindset of the social entrepreneur apply to those trying to work entrepreneurially within the public sector? Can we, in other words, learn from social entrepreneurs who… Read more

  • On the civil society strategy

    The government’s civil society strategy, published recently, includes a focus on collaborative commissioning and a recognition that “the system actively, albeit accidentally restricts diversity of the market by putting in… Read more

  • On best practice engagement and participation

    I thought it might be of value to share the key points arising from a recent literature review into what makes effective citizen participation, engagement and co-production. In this short… Read more

  • On engagement methods

    There is no single new model of the community-institution relationship. Instead, there are a variety of forms of public engagement that can be used depending on the unique combination of… Read more

  • On 70 years of the NHS

    The NHS is 70 years old this month. With a long-term funding settlement now in place, in a short series of blogs from the RSA’s Public Services & Communities team,… Read more

  • Problems are not markets

    A critical and often overlooked challenge facing those seeking to resolve challenges in the public sector is that that problems don’t always equal markets. Without a systemic understanding of the… Read more

  • On being a public entrepreneur

    The disruptive innovation spilling out of Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of tech start-ups can captivate our imagination. For those trying to make change happen in their own communities and… Read more

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