Human ChatGPTs and the vices of foggy thinking
Since the arrival of ChatGPT there has been much debate about how AI can replace humans or work with them. Here I discuss a slightly...
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Geoff Mulgan
- 6 min
Can democracies afford incompetent leaders? The case for training politicians
Should politicians be trained to do their jobs better? Or is it fine that they learn on the job? In this piece I look at why they...
Geoff Mulgan
- 10 min
When should states be creative, innovative or entrepreneurial - and when should they not?
The summer brought several festivals about innovation in government. Berlin hosted the sixth Creative Bureaucracy festival with an...
Geoff Mulgan
- 1 min
The case for a global AI observatory (GAIO)
AI has been part of daily life for decades – in our smart phones and entertainment systems, and making decisions about everything from...
Geoff Mulgan
- 4 min
TAKING ‘HOW’ AS SERIOUSLY AS ‘WHAT’ ... OR WHY PLUMBING MATTERS
A few years ago I had a chat with Brian Eno, a musician and thinker I greatly admire, when he made a comment that stuck in my mind. He...
Geoff Mulgan
- 6 min
Governing Artificial Intelligence - a wasted decade?
The arrival of ChatGPT and GPT4 has prompted a wave of interest in new ways to govern AI, within nations and globally. In many parts of...
Geoff Mulgan
- 2 min
Systems change - what have we learned?
There's a big revival of interest in systems thinking and systems change at the moment - perhaps the consequence of intersecting crises. ...
Geoff Mulgan
- 5 min
Backfires, boomerangs and rebounds
The recent indictment of Donald Trump in New York by Alvin Bragg prompts reflections on the importance of boomerangs and rebounds in...
Geoff Mulgan
- 8 min
What the future holds for the social economy?
This is a summary of a keynote given at the OECD on Monday 20 March 2023 at their conference on the social and solidarity economy. The...
Geoff Mulgan
- 2 min
Whole of government innovation
‘Whole of government’ approaches - that aim to mobilise and align many ministries and agencies around a common challenge - have a long...
Geoff Mulgan
- 1 min
Net Zero Knowledge
I've worked for over two decades on decarbonisation strategies, including the UK's first commitments to serious action on climate change...
Geoff Mulgan
- 4 min
A cautionary tale: big government inquiries, scandals and learning lessons
We are in an age when big government matters ever more – to pandemics, climate, inequality and more. If we’re to avoid a generation of...
Geoff Mulgan
- 3 min
The problem with gurus and when the silences speak volumes
I recently saw a great talk by the columnist and author Thomas Friedman at the OECD. He was clear and engaging, and had some nice...
Geoff Mulgan
- 3 min
Navigating the crisis: intelligence and COVID-19
We have just published a study examining how governments –– and the societies around them –– mobilised intelligence to handle the...
Geoff Mulgan
- 1 min
Imagination and the polycrisis: why competence is not enough
The recent turmoil in British politics has led much of the political establishment and commentariat to agree on one thing: what the...
Geoff Mulgan
- 1 min
Reforming global governance of science and technology - options for change
I’ve been part of the team working on the STRINGS project over the last year or so – analysing global science and innovation and how...
Geoff Mulgan
- 6 min
Life, capitalism and the nature of value
Here I am republishing a short excerpt from my book the Locust and the Bee, explaining the nature of value. Since it was published there...
Geoff Mulgan
- 2 min
Designing future institutions
I've written an overview paper on the design of new institutions. It looks at the diversity of existing organisations, from the local to...
Geoff Mulgan
- 12 min
Embracing the science rather than just following it: science, government & politics in the pandemic
What have we learned from an extraordinary two years when science, politics and government have been inextricably linked? Here I suggest...
Geoff Mulgan
- 16 min
Nudges, behaviour change and complex systems
20 years ago I co-wrote a survey of behavioural policy options, that was then published by the UK Cabinet Office. It's now disappeared...
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