Rochdale: abuse, misogyny and misrepresentation
Anwar Akhtar FRSA, director of The Samosa, responds to the issues raised by the conviction of nine men as part of a child sexual exploitation gang targeting vulnerable girls in Rochdale. My heart sank...
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More civic pride please, we’re British!
During Lord Digby Jones’s recent talk on Civic Pride at the RSA, he made the point that although we are still world leaders in many fields of industry, we don’t crow about it enough. This prompted Dr...
View ArticleA revolution in family policy
The UK needs a new approach to family policy. Clem Henricson FRSA argues that in developing this, we need to look at the successes and failures of the past. There has been major shift in how we see the...
View ArticleGroup size, networks and ethical behaviour
Recent times have seen some alarming instances of small groups at the top of organisations behaving in appalling ways: the contempt of traders for the ‘muppets’ outside the Wall Street charmed circle;...
View ArticleRSA Animate – The Power of Outrospection
Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. Taken from a lecture given by Roman...
View ArticleEmpathy 2.0
The US election was defined as much by candidates’ perceived ability to empathise as economic policy, argues Mark Honigsbaum. When Mitt Romney was caught on camera writing-off 47 per cent of Americans...
View ArticleMindfulness: not solving difficult problems
There is currently an explosion of interest in mindfulness, crudely put, the paying of attention to the moment. Mark Leonard argues that simple but powerful mindfulness exercises and broader access to...
View ArticleHijab, Pornography and Sexual Freedom
Recent debates about women wearing hijab and the sexualisation of young girls, can elicit strong and frequently contradictory responses, argues Juliana Farha FRSA. When I was an undergraduate, ‘between...
View ArticleTito Franco Castro
Many amongst the RSA Fellowship are concerned about youth empowerment. David Burns FRSA, Trustee of Peace Child International reflects on the empowerment agenda and the rise of generational friction....
View ArticleDo the Public Understand Criminal Law?
Criminal law is no longer seen as exclusively the domain of legal specialists and there is now a popular understanding of criminal law and this is largely due to increased levels of media consumption....
View ArticleA Second Renaissance?
Six hundred years ago, the first renaissance began in a period with several recurring outbreaks of plague. The fear was real; a third of the European population died and it was clear that neither the...
View ArticleHow cities learn
Eddy Adam FRSA has spent the past year looking at how cities can innovate in addressing the challenges they face in the 21st century. Central to this is how cities can better learn from one another....
View ArticleEngineering needs a ‘Murray moment’
The engineering community needs to learn lessons from the retail and media worlds in communicating what it does and why it matters, argues Barrie Weaver FRSA. In 2012 a young man, perceived by many as...
View ArticleChanging the way we think about care
The ways in which we care and support each other is undergoing fundamental and enduring change. Martin Elliott FRSA argues that current thinking about care as a system will not meet our needs. In...
View ArticleRSA Animate – Re-Imagining Work
How can we get people more engaged, more productive, and happier at work? Is technology part of the problem – and could it also be part of the solution? Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at...
View Article‘Can-do’: no substitute for strategy
The NHS has got to be more focused on patient care. Teachers will have to try harder. Not long ago, town-hall budget cutbacks were not going to impact front-line services. And for years now the private...
View ArticleShopping for Shared Value
When homes in Boston, Lincolnshire were flooded last December the Community Life Champion at the local Asda, Stephen, was on hand to support the local community. He helped coordinate the clean up,...
View ArticleWorking back to happiness
Pay and benefits are not enough when it comes to employee satisfaction. Alexander Kjerulf FRSA argues that employers also need to make their staff happy. Unhappy employees cost companies dearly....
View ArticleMindful of the cynics
There is increasing interest in the potential of practising mindfulness to improve individual and collective wellbeing. Leadership expert, Julia Fell explores some of the concerns this has raised and...
View ArticleBrazil: A Neymar Shaped Shadow
The power of positive thinking – and the destructive impact of negativity – was demonstrated by Brazil’s humiliation at the World Cup. Peter Sear FRSA explores the psychology of the host nation’s team....
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