Geoff MulganJul 24, 20211 minHow can the 2020s be progressive?I was committed to write a paper for the recent Progressive Governance Summit that brought together leaders like Justin Trudeau, Helle...
Geoff MulganJul 21, 20215 minSpectating or doing: the challenge for the UK's ruling cliqueThe most powerful clique in the UK at the moment are linked to the Spectator magazine. They congregate around it and the Telegraph,...
Geoff MulganMay 24, 20211 minPublic finance for the long-termI've been working over the last year on a new framework for public finance - helping it to cope with long-term tasks, such as education,...
Geoff MulganMay 13, 20211 minCollective intelligence and the SDGsI've been working quite a bit over the last few years on applying collective intelligence methods to global challenges, partly through...
Geoff MulganApr 21, 20215 minCollective mental health: the case for new measures and maps and a DSM5 for groupsThe COVID-19 crisis has seriously damaged mental health all over the world. A high price has been paid by many children who’ve missed...
Geoff MulganMar 23, 20215 minCurrys Law: how everything that can go wrong, will go wrong (& why Amazon will rule the world)This is a boring blog. You can jump a few paragraphs down to the punchline if you like (and the latest update, from October 2021). It's...
Geoff MulganMar 10, 20213 minThinking systemsThis draft paper describes methods for understanding how vital everyday systems work, and how they could work better, through improved...
Geoff MulganFeb 8, 20211 minPutting knowledge to work around COVID-19This is my blog introducing the new International Public Policy Observatory on COVID: https://medium.com/policy-postings/putting-knowledg...
Geoff MulganFeb 8, 20211 minPhilanthropy and plumbingMy new blog on what philanthropy could be doing differently is published in Alliance: https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/fixing-the-pl...
Geoff MulganJan 20, 20215 minImpact investment, arts and culture: a field – at last – comes of ageThis week brings the publication of an interesting new collection, website and programme - creativityculturecapital - which looks at...
Geoff MulganDec 14, 20201 minSteering through capability (& the advantages of not crashing or stalling)HOW GOVERNMENTS CAN - AND SHOULD - STEER THEIR SOCIETIES Can a society be steered? Should governments even try to do that? Or should they...
Geoff MulganNov 18, 20202 minThe case for exploratory social scienceShould the social sciences only analyse the past and present? Or should they also try to help design the future? The recently created New...
Geoff MulganOct 3, 20208 minReforming Tax: why it's a vital part of any just transitionThe tax relationship lies at the core of politics. Getting it right unlocks possibilities of all kinds. Getting it wrong creates...
Geoff MulganSep 8, 20209 minNet zero: integrating data, digital & radical carbon reduction strategiesAchieving serious reductions in carbon emissions is arguably the greatest engineering challenge of the century. It requires changes to...
Geoff MulganAug 27, 20203 minA Mini Meta Manifesto – Three Ingredients to Add to Every PolicyHere I suggest a brief meta-manifesto: principles for reform and action that should now apply to many, if not most, areas of government...
Geoff MulganJul 22, 20206 minThe curse of the intangibles - a short analysis of what might be going wrong in BritainBritain was the first country to industrialise and then became the first industrial country to become post-industrial, its economy ever...
Geoff MulganJul 16, 20205 minThe case for mesh governance (or how government can escape the old organograms)Every country in the world struggles with the same problem: how to coordinate and align the actions of different tiers of government –...
Geoff MulganJul 14, 20206 min1997 and 2020: what they meant and what lies aheadI was asked on the BBC Analysis programme this month to reflect on whether 1997 represented a turning point in British politics, and what...
Geoff MulganJul 1, 20204 minA loop theory of wisdom - how do we respond to foolish times?Is it possible for an organisation, a system or a society, to become wiser? If so, how could we make this real and not just a vague...
Geoff MulganJun 17, 20206 minRacism/anti-racism: how movements move & how to avoid binary thinkingThe extraordinary sight of the BLM movement taking off all over the world has been invigorating. History is being talked about seriously;...