NHS reforms based on industrial age thinking
Chatting last night to a clinician friend – we were discussing the No Straight Lines project, in the context of healthcare.We can see that things could be done better – but the question is how. Is it...
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TEDx Sheffield: No Straight Lines
Thank you TEDx Sheffield for inviting me to kick off your event recently.No Straight Lines, argues that we have reached the nadir of the adaptive range of our industrialised world. Now faced with an...
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Taking control of your healthcare with Patients Know Best
I am thrilled that Mohammad Al-Ubaydli of Patients Know Best got to speak at the wonderful The DO Lectures. His message and story is important and critical to WHAT NEXT looks like. PKB is a case...
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The politics of truth and science in America
An extraordinary story of how science is becoming highly politicised is told by Shawn Lawrence Otto.First off less than 2% of Congress totaling 535 members, have professional backgrounds in science,...
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Openness is resilience
What does it mean to design and create open source tools for civilisation?Marcin Jakubowski tells us how. In many ways this story is very much part of the story of No Straight Lines that I have been...
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Designing and co-creating the best possible future for the NHS
Designing and co-creating the best possible future for the NHSThe bitter public battle now being fought over the future of the NHS looks set to continue. Its future shape uncertain, and the mounting...
View ArticleAchuar community ancient knowledge and modern tech
Gregor MacLennan works for Amazonwatch an organisation that campaigns for the rights and lives of indigenous tribes living in the Amazon rainforest in Peru.MacLennan explains that huge tracts of the...
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Switching on the Human-OS has a political dimension
Introduction: In Necessity Hath no Law, the obsertvation was made that when people feel powerless, their style of reaction takes us back to a different age and a different time. Visceral protest. These...
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Transforming financial systems
Time for an upgrade Without our financial systems evolving we are stuck in a really tough place.So we need to define a new system that does the following:Supporting a financial transaction tax,...
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The desire for a moral economy
Humanity shifts gear when it demands fundamental change to its real world circumstancesWhen people feel powerless, their style of reaction takes us back to a different age and a different time in which...
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