What we're looking for: We'd like to hear from groups who can help us test and improve our new features for decision making within an interest group. Examples include: Businesses who want to engage employees in decisions and get ideas from across a large...
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One of the worst things about elections is that we all go along with a lie which none of us believe: "This is the best we can do." We can do far better, and if you’ve ever shouted at the radio...
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1. It may not be in 2020. The outcome of the 2015 elections is not going to be a stable parliament. The coalition leaders are not acquainted to working as effective, mixed teams; and the media will insist on reporting division and personality. This, coupled...
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You may have read Martha Lane-Fox's call for: A new institution could be the catalyst we need to shape the world we want to live in and Britain’s role in that world. Today, we’re letting big commercial technology platforms shape much...
Read MoreIt's rather long (4h16m!) but this broadcast of the conference from Brussels last month contains some gems about the barriers, opportunities, and trends in how social innovation in Europe is scaling and failing. (If the embed doesn't work, try the link...
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Represent exists to map the world's opinions and values so that we might find better ways of working together for the greater good. But if we're to represent people globally, we are going to need some really good maps and really clever...
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So this is interesting. We're quite young (just 3 weeks) so we don't have that much in the way of big numbers that we can point to and confidently say "THAT, my friends, is a FACT!" But in spite of that, just...
Read MoreThere’s a lot of chat about the ‘new normal’. That’s good news for two reasons. First, pointing at once-radical ideas and saying ‘huh, that’s normal now’ helps us see and believe in change. Not only does that help us get over...
Read MoreFor #democracyday on the BBC this morning, Professor Michael Sandel hosted a lively debate about whether democracy works. He summed up by drawing a difference between democracy as process and democracy as project. Instead of conversations around first past the post...
Read MoreLovely prediction from Nesta that new politics will take root in the UK this year has it has across the rest of the world in the last few years. We’re hoping to be a part of that. This is going to...
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/embed/OYNaoMkY8qY?list=PLgSnsruJj0uGzRQt0shVBOynPKBz4ztho...
Read MoreHow to get young people to vote Rick Edwards suggests 5 key changes: Online voting Make it compulsory, with an opt-out Add a ‘none of the above’ box Use voter advice questionnaires to engage people on the policies, then point them at the party which...
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