Geoff MulganThe case for a right to truthWe live in a world full of lies, distortions and misinformation. Should we have rights to be told the truth? If a government issues a…Mar 24Mar 24
Geoff MulganThe case for a right to truthWe live in a world full of lies, distortions and misinformation. Should we have rights to be told the truth? If a government issues a…Mar 22Mar 22
Geoff MulganStories for the future — and the power of oppositesIn this piece I look at the role of stories in social and political imagination, from analogy and metaphor to the universal patterns found…Mar 17Mar 17
Geoff MulganThinking systems: how the systems we depend on can be helped to think and serve us betterMuch of our life we depend on systems: interconnected webs of activity that link many organisations, technologies and people. These bring…Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Geoff MulganHow can meetings make the most of collective intelligence — and not leave us miserableMany of us spend much of our time in meetings. They are the everyday expression of collective intelligence — bringing groups together to…Feb 22, 20211Feb 22, 20211
Geoff MulganTHE CASE FOR EXPLORATORY SOCIAL SCIENCES (or why social science lost sight of the future and how…SummaryFeb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Geoff MulganNet 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…Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020
Geoff MulganA 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…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Geoff MulganImpossible and inevitable: some thoughts on the road to global governmentThe current crisis has shown up just how weak many global institutions have become — with most of the work of containing COVID-19 done by…Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020