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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ProfessionEducator
children cutting government
Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much from systematic innovation in such things as child development or cutting crime.
hard-work ideas hard
Spreading an idea is hard work.
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.
motivation moving inspiration
The central position of finance capital is going to come to an end, and it's going to steadily move to the sides, the margins of our society, transformed from being a master into a servant, a servant to the productive economy and of human needs.