The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 14: Check 13 – 4th Separation of Powers – Public Speech
We each have a duty to think before we speak. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast: Special Episode – Preferential Lobbying
Why should we care about political lobbying? Isn't business all about making connections? What's the problem? … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 13: Check 12 – The Fourth Separation of Powers – The Press
Statutory duties for the behaviour of politicians and officials at work, including the duty of straight speak, shall be set. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 12: Check 11 – The Fourth Separation of Powers – Statutory Duties
Statutory duties for the behaviour of politicians and officials at work, including the duty of straight speak, shall be set. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 11: Check 10 – The Fourth Separation of Powers: On the Separation of Powers
"A fourth separation of powers shall be incorporated in every system of government for the independent feedback of results through a Resulture … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 10: Check 9 – Democracy and Subsidiarity: Subsidiarity
Central government only undertakes tasks or makes decisions which localities cannot or which require uniform regulation. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 9: Check 8 – Deliberative Democracy
A right to deliberative referenda shall exist; specific issues shall be resolved through Engage–Deliberate–Decide. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 8: Check 7 – Elections
It may seem like a trivial point, that elections should be representative - are they not already? … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 7: Check 6 – The Commons
Explicit democratic decisions shall be made as to what is in and what is out of the Commons, ie - what is … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 6: Check 5 – Diversity
All lifestyles are accepted – within the constraint of not harming others or the biosphere. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 5: Check 4 – A Constitutional Court
Just because we don't live in a perfect world doesn't mean we can't improve things. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 4: Check 3 – Rule of Law
All members of a society (including those in government) are equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes: the rule of … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 3: Check 2 – Sovereignty
Check 2: People and constitutional sovereignty: All political power resides in the people, who delegate a defined measure of that power to … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 2: Check 1 – Biosphere
The Biophysical World is Incorporated as the Central Partner in our Governance Models. … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast S2 Ep 1: Preflight Checklist – Introduction
Welcome to The Hidden Power Podcast, Series 2 – Pre-flight Checklist, where we – Ed Straw and Philip Tottenham – examine conditions … View more +
Chatter #105 – Ed Straw on How Systems Thinking Could Change The World
Ed Straw, a systems thinker who has worked for government and private industry, was my guest on today’s show. Ed is also … View more +
Four Lessons of Civil Service Reform
The UK Government is intent on the reform of the civil service. But, beside the voluble rhetoric and signature replacements of top … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast Special: The Doomed Career of Dominic Cummings
Dominic Cummings has been seen as a controversial and divisive figure, but as with so many people at the political extremes, significant … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast Ep 6: Post-Crash Analysis and Preflight Checklist
For this final episode of series 1, I wanted to build on Buckminster Fuller’s idea of our planet – our habitat and … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast Ep 5: The Sense of Powerlessness at the Heart of Leadership with Dr. Piret Toñurist
Dr Piret Toñurist, Systems Thinking lead at the OECD’s Observatory for Public Sector Innovation talks about the sense of powerlessness at the … View more +
The Hidden Power Podcast Ep 4: Governance and Cyberspace
John Naughton, tech columnist at The Observer Newspaper, talks about that great Wild West of our time – Cyberspace. From its roots … View more +