The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking Online Book Launch
Ray Ison, Professor of Systems, The Open University and Ed Straw, Visiting Fellow ASTiP group, The Open University … View more +
The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency
“Climate change does not listen to the morning’s news program, read the papers or hear the latest announcements by a government. It … View more +
A Busted Flush in the House of Cards
Our system of government is an old banger of a car, and it will never produce what people want. We need a … View more +
Has Britain (or indeed Ireland) got Government Talent?
Why can’t UK government do a Macron? That’s very simple to answer: because of our Constitution, such as it is. It ensures … View more +
Do the Storm Clouds of Brexit Hold a Silver Lining?
If only all those who have issues with the system – Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn, and the Brexiteers, as well … View more +
A New Constitution
An excerpt from Stand & Deliver: A Design For Successful Government (2014) Ed Straw It is not the strongest of the species … View more +
How Fake Are The Analyses Of ‘Fake News’?
I keep reading these analyses by commentators and earnest academics on ‘fake news’, its fertilizer of social media, with Brexit and Trump … View more +
Stand & Deliver: A Design For Successful Government
If you are ever angered by the standard of government we endure, you are not alone. A key issue for democratic politics, … View more +
Templeton Applied
Summary: Ed Straw also looks back to the brave new dawn of the 1990s, a time when ‘New Labour was soon to … View more +
Government Matters – Part 1
The new relationship between government and people requires much more than a change in conversational tone. Expectations of rising competence means a … View more +
Government Matters – Part 2
Published by: Renewal, a journal of social democracy Summary: Roughly, the process of government works like this. Two parties compete … View more +
Is The Civil Service Reformable?
Finally, some Westminster politicians have concluded that real reform of the Civil Service will not be realized through party politics. A bi-partisan … View more +
Evidence to Political & Constitutional Reform Committee on A New Magna Carta?
Proposals for a radically different system of government, including institutionalised feedback, policy vetting, statutory public sector duties. … View more +