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Encouraging collaboration in science innovation
Posted on 3 June 2009
We need to find new ways of supporting and rewarding science researchers who collaborate and share knowledge, says John Wilbanks.
Reboot Britain
Posted by Rohan Gunatillake on 22 May 2009
Reboot Britain will look at how we can take advantage of the radically networked digital world we now live in, to help revive our economy, rebuild our democratic structures and improve public services.
The big opportunity that lies in the small print
Posted by Jonathan Kestenbaum on 19 May 2009
Innovative new firms need finance from investors willing to think differently, take risks, and help them get through the tough early years without profit.
Reinventing finance for social enterprises
Posted on 12 May 2009
Liam Black argues that we need to rethink how business can be competitive and profitable in economic and social terms.
Poetry expressing life
Posted on 1 May 2009
Carol Ann Duffy, a past NESTA Fellow, has been named the new Poet Laureate. We talked to Carol Ann back in 2001 about her satirical style, pushing the boundaries and her desire to write poetry for children.
Unlocking potential in the Welsh Valleys
Posted on 23 April 2009
Innovation isn't just about new ideas and new products. It is about doing things differently to get a dramatic and beneficial result.
Ungeeking the web
Posted by Rohan Gunatillake on 23 March 2009
The behaviours we develop online are slowly making their way into our wider, offline lives. Rohan Gunatillake explores the impact of this spillover and how it’s forcing us to re-learn the way we interact and collaborate with one another. The most...
How networks of trust can unlock innovation
Posted on 23 March 2009
Informal networks are the links and exchanges that bind people together. Dr Karen Stephenson, a corporate anthropologist and an expert on social networks in business, explains: "Your informal networks might include the colleagues that you come into contact with on a...
Peer-to-peer finance: are people the new banks?
Posted on 17 March 2009
by Christian Alhert, OpenBusinessThere are a number of emerging finance businesses that all utilise the internet to offer clients new ways to act together collectively and engage in financial activities such as borrowing, lending, investing and currency exchange, without the...
Mission 2.0: advice for arts & cultural organisations from the social web
Posted by Rohan Gunatillake on 22 January 2009
This article was written for Missions, Models, Money:Designing for Transition and first published in October 2008. A new wave of online activity Big things are happening all around us... you probably don't need me to tell you that. When I look back at...
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