How do we shift from short-term to long-term behaviour? What’s disrupting it now and will it last? What might it take to create a more collaborative future?

Should we be more idle? Would we find the missing middle? Would we and communities co-evolve and thrive? A response to the launch of the new Institute for Community Studies and Nir Eyal

Insights from a guest lecture at Goldsmiths’ MA Social Entrepreneurship This week I had the delight of talking to a room full of open-minded social entrepreneurship students.   A reminder of how important Further Education is in shaping the agency that we have over the world we want to live in.  In two short hours we… Continue reading What’s your Futures Preference, and why does it matter?

I’m one of 8 Futurists around the world writing on the ‘Transformation of Capitalism’.  We are all on a learning programme with the Association of Professional Futurists as Emerging Fellows.  My series is on social impact under the broad title ‘Are Social Entrepreneurs the new Capitalists?’.  We are all being published once a month: for… Continue reading The World in 2050: Social Impact Blog series

Sustaining social justice is really difficult. It’s not enough for social entrepreneurs to be opportunistic, you need to be systematic. In this article for ‘Pioneers Post’ I outline some practical ways to start.

Be humble but not paralysed by your mistakes. Take the time to listen deeply and learn from people. Or you’ll be making others’ mistakes as well as your own, and we won’t be able to tackle the big issues.