The recent rush of politicians to make speeches on responsible capitalism was welcomed by many as an acknowledgement that our current model of financial capitalism is not fit for purpose, but equally demonstrated the paucity of ideas in mainstream political parties for setting out a new direction. As part of the Finance Lab project on [...]
Support our friends helping young leaders, re-build Egypt
Our partners in the Lab, are hosting an Art of Hosting Social Transformation training in Egypt and they need your help. What’s the plan? Despite the challenging context in Egypt, the second Art of Hosting Social Transformation training in Egypt is going ahead in less then a week’s time. They want to crowd-fund for the many scholarship [...]
Personalities that make a movement
Who do we need to create a movement? I am not the type of person who writes about Occupy Wall Street on Facebook. I can’t bring myself to do it. I’ve been struggling to work out why since the movement kicked off over a month ago; observing, rather perplexed, my own reaction. I have had [...]
The movement is bigger than you think
A movement of movements of movements is happening and it’s changing the global financial system There’s a growing ecology of these movements, some orchestrated, some organic, that are creating the spaces where change can happen. And I’m not just talking about this: Students protest in Egypt Grassroots Activism Umair Haque wrote this autumn about the rise of a global Metamovement. [...]
The power of vested interests – if they use them
Whilst having a many very interesting conversations with different players in and around the finance industry, looking for disruptive policy ideas, an intersting early theme has come through around the different use of power by vested interests within the finance system. Its clear that the parts of the finance system that make money from trading [...]
Invitation: The Sharing Economy Innovation Workshop
The Sharing Economy is an emerging idea bringing together a variety of themes and threads around a distributed economy. Invitation The People Who Share and The Finance Innovation Lab are driving a piece of work to develop this concept of the Sharing Economy. Supported by the Big Lottery Fund, ICAEW and the RSA, this project will [...]
Economics or Ideology?
Is the study of economics a science – like physics? A social enquiry – like anthropology? An ideology, or better yet, a variety of ideologies, be they Neoclassical, Keynesian, Marxist or any number of more marginal varieties (Regulationists, Behaviouralists and so on)? These are questions that anyone who wishes to see an economic system evolve that [...]
Appetite for Disruption – a call for new disruptive finance policy ideas to promote a sustainable economy
The Finance Lab and its participants from mainstream finance, academia, environmental NGOs and social entrepreneurs, have a shared vision of an economy and finance system which serves the needs of people and planet, rather than the other way round. We think that the finance system, as it currently operates, is not fit for this purpose [...]
Job: Sustainability Executive @ICAEW
The wonderful Tina Santaigo has left ICAEW to start a new life in San Francisco. So we are looking for a new Sustainability Executive @ICAEW and we need your help to find one! This is a great job. It’s an opportunity to work with a friendly, entrepreneurial and ambitious team, on interesting projects. You will be meeting [...]
Letters from the Streets of Greece: Witness to Breakdown
Greece, the cradle of Western civilisation, is one of the first countries to fall as a result of the financial crisis. A 48-hour strike is being held and protests on the streets of Athens as parliament prepares to vote on the latest round of austerity measures, including more tax hikes, pay cuts and job losses. We [...]
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Send us your thoughts on disruptive finance policy – online survey
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Support our friends helping young leaders, re-build Egypt
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Personalities that make a movement
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The movement is bigger than you think
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Appetite for Disruption – a call for new disruptive finance policy ideas to promote a sustainable economy
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The power of vested interests – if they use them
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The Art of Collaborative Leadership: cultivating our capacity for hosting Systemic Transformation
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Would fairer societies have fewer financial crises?