https://powerbase.info/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Robert+Souter&feedformat=atomPowerbase - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T14:15:24ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=57019Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:55:40Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<ref> Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh</ref><br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <ref>Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh p76 </ref><br />
<br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/feb/13/broadcasting.channel4 accessed 17 April 2008</ref>. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never be wrong" <ref> http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/futuresthinking/overview accessed 16 April 2008</ref>. These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios<ref>http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uwbs_04%20WP004-04%20Wright.pdf accessed 17 April 2007</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=57017Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:54:39Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<ref> Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh</ref><br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <ref>Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh p76 </ref><br />
<br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/feb/13/broadcasting.channel4 accessed 17 April 2008</ref>. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never wrong"<ref>http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/futuresthinking/overview accessed 16 April 2008<ref/>. These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios<ref>http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uwbs_04%20WP004-04%20Wright.pdf accessed 17 April 2007</ref><br />
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<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=57014Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:51:34Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<ref> Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh</ref><br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <ref>Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh p76 </ref><br />
<br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/feb/13/broadcasting.channel4 accessed 17 April 2008</ref>. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never wrong"<ref> http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/futuresthinking/overview accessed 16 April 2008<ref/>. These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios<ref>http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uwbs_04%20WP004-04%20Wright.pdf accessed 17 April 2007</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=57013Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:50:44Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<ref> Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh</ref><br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <ref>Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh p76 </ref><br />
<br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/feb/13/broadcasting.channel4 accessed 17 April 2008</ref>. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never wrong"<ref> http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/futuresthinking/overview accessed 16 April 2008<ref/>. These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios<ref>http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uwbs_04%20WP004-04%20Wright.pdf</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=57010Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:46:29Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<ref> Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh</ref><br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <ref>Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh p76 </ref><br />
<br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never wrong"<ref> http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/futuresthinking/overview accessed 16 April 2008<ref/>. These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios<ref>http://www.wlv.ac.uk/PDF/uwbs_04%20WP004-04%20Wright.pdf</ref></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=57006Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:42:32Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<ref> Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh<ref/><br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <ref>Hassan. G, Gibb. E and Howland. L (2005)Scotland 2020: Hopeful Stories for a Northern Nation, Scottish Book Trust: Edinburgh p76 <ref/><br />
<br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never wrong"<ref> http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/futuresthinking/overview accessed 16 April 2008<ref/>. These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Demos_Scotland_2020&diff=56998Demos Scotland 20202008-04-16T09:32:21Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Scotland 2020 project is run by the think tank Demos. It aims to investigate the connection between thinking stories and thinking imaginatively about the future. The project involved carrying out workshops with various business leaders, senior public sector managers, academics and NGO campaigners, along with a public event in Nairn where ideas about possible futures for Scotland were discussed. The information generated from these sessions was than used by five Scottish authors to write short stories.<br />
<br />
PEOPLE<br />
<br />
The project is led by [[Gerry Hassan]] along with Eddie Gibb and Lydia Howland, <br />
The project report is introduced by George Reid MSP who was presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament at the time. Who has since announced that the Scottish Parliament is setting up its own think tank the [[Futures Forum]] to discuss where Scotland is heading<br />
<br />
SPONSERS<br />
<br />
British Council Scotland<br />
<br />
Highlands and Islands Enterprise;<br />
<br />
BT Scotland<br />
<br />
Federation of Small Businesses<br />
<br />
Electronics Scotland;<br />
<br />
Scottish Enterprise<br />
<br />
NHS Health Scotland<br />
<br />
Oracle Corporation UK<br />
<br />
Scottish Arts Council<br />
<br />
The Co-operative Group<br />
<br />
<br />
The idea behind the project is that all nations are in part shaped by the stories that there inhabitants tell about themselves So the idea of the American Dream or the Celtic Tiger shapes the way Americans and Irish see themselves. The report for the Scotland 2020 identifies a number of such stories for Scotland. They are the belief in an egalitarian ethos and a support for collectivism. The report argues that this has led to a sense of fatalism. They identify three stories for Scotland which can help to consider the idea of a national identity. The traditional, the modernist and the hopeful.<br />
<br />
Gerry Hassan argues that Scotland has changed a great deal in the last twenty years saying Scottish society is now more individualist shaped by conspicuous consumption and consumer issues, is now more at ease with issues of equality - religious, gender, race etc and that Scottish politics are now increasingly post labour. However he argues that although the ways people live their lives has changed the way they view scotland and its society has not. He claims there is a romanticised nostalgia for a working class collectivist past. <br />
<br />
This idea that Scotland needs to change to a more positive outlook and move away from its collectivist tradition is explored at length by the Scotland 2020 project with various "scenario building workshops" featuring representatives from across various sectors of Scottish public life. Yet this is not a new idea. Recently Stuart Cosgrove, the director of Nations and regions for channel four accused Scots of being in love with failure and the culture of poverty. While Carol Craig has been given public money to improve Scots attitudes by setting up a [[Centre for Confidence and Well Being]] in Glasgow. <br />
<br />
The argument against this is that it is being used to create a Scotland which accepts the neo liberal consensus.<br />
<br />
Demos put great importance on their development of techniques to improve "futures literacy". That is the scenario planning techniques they use. Their website claims that using these techniques "you may not always be right but you are almost never wrong". These scenrio planning techniques have become increasingly popular in the bussiness world since Shell succesfully used then in the 1970's. Yet some academics have a problem with these methods pointing out that they are not truly objective tool they are made to be and that results depend on the views of those establishing the scenarios</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Glasgow_2020:_Tales_of_the_City&diff=56995Glasgow 2020: Tales of the City2008-04-16T09:29:19Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Glasgow 2020 project is run by the thinktank [[Demos]] [ http://www.glasgow2020.co.uk]<br />
<br />
[[Gerry Hassan]] is the head of the project.<br />
<br />
According to the website the aim of Glasgow 2020 is to "discover the non-institutional story of Glasgow’s future - a project to collect-together the imagination of the city through workshops, competitions, events and creative-projects."<ref>http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/thedreamingcity accessed 16 April 2007</ref><br />
<br />
The project was in part funded by the Glasgow City Council who were very dissapointed with the results. Council leader Stephen Purcell said "Bizarre would be a charitable way to describe some of the report's conclusions, What on earth is meaningless nonsense such as assemblies of hope', alchemists' or mass imaginings'?"<ref> D. Leask, Herald, April 16 2006<br />
[http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1417677.0.0.php] accessed 16 April 2008]</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Glasgow_2020:_Tales_of_the_City&diff=56994Glasgow 2020: Tales of the City2008-04-16T09:28:59Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Glasgow 2020 project is run by the thinktank [[Demos]][ http://www.glasgow2020.co.uk]<br />
<br />
[[Gerry Hassan]] is the head of the project.<br />
<br />
According to the website the aim of Glasgow 2020 is to "discover the non-institutional story of Glasgow’s future - a project to collect-together the imagination of the city through workshops, competitions, events and creative-projects."<ref>http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/thedreamingcity accessed 16 April 2007</ref><br />
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The project was in part funded by the Glasgow City Council who were very dissapointed with the results. Council leader Stephen Purcell said "Bizarre would be a charitable way to describe some of the report's conclusions, What on earth is meaningless nonsense such as assemblies of hope', alchemists' or mass imaginings'?"<ref> D. Leask, Herald, April 16 2006<br />
[http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1417677.0.0.php] accessed 16 April 2008]</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Glasgow_2020:_Tales_of_the_City&diff=56988Glasgow 2020: Tales of the City2008-04-16T09:27:18Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Glasgow 2020 project is run by the thinktank [[Demos]] <br />
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[[Gerry Hassan]] is the head of the project.<br />
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According to the website the aim of Glasgow 2020 is to "discover the non-institutional story of Glasgow’s future - a project to collect-together the imagination of the city through workshops, competitions, events and creative-projects."<ref>http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/thedreamingcity accessed 16 April 2007</ref><br />
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The project was in part funded by the Glasgow City Council who were very dissapointed with the results. Council leader Stephen Purcell said "Bizarre would be a charitable way to describe some of the report's conclusions, What on earth is meaningless nonsense such as assemblies of hope', alchemists' or mass imaginings'?"<ref> D. Leask, Herald, April 16 2006<br />
[http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1417677.0.0.php] accessed 16 April 2008]</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Carol_Craig&diff=56987Carol Craig2008-04-16T09:17:19Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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B.A Politics - Strathclyde University<br />
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Phd Politics - Edinburgh University<br />
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Worked For the BBC<br />
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1992 Set up her own training consultant compant Enspire<br />
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2004 Chief Executive Centre for Confidence and Well Being<br />
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Carol Craig is married to journalist Alf Young<br />
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== Books ==<br />
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The Scots Crisis of Confidence (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow<br />
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In her book the Scot's crisis of confidence and in her blogs on the website for the centre for confidence and well being Carol Craig argues that Scots lack confidence and self belief. This lack of optimism damages economic growth, enterprise and physical and mental health. She argues that it is this fear which creates the popularity of left wing egalitarian politics in Scotland as people feel that they have to account for their behaviour to others. All this puts a check on personal ambition and market success. The solution is to ignore what she calls Scotland fixation with political solutions and accept that an egalitarian future is impossible. We instead need to focus on individual fulfilment.<ref>The Scots Crises of confidence Carol Craig (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow</ref><br />
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Not surprisingly this is an idea which has met with a great deal of support from certain sectors. Alan Hogarth of the Scottish CBI said approvingly "we have to get over the cultural problems of still degenerating success which promotes an anti enterprise anti profit culture." <ref>quoted in The Conformist Imagination, Alex Law, Variant Magazine [http://www.variant.randomstate.org/23texts/thinktankery.html]</ref> Carol Craig was also quoted approving by Gordon Brown in his address to the Carnegie Foundation. The introduction to her book was written by Kirsty Wark.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Centre_for_Confidence_and_Well_Being&diff=56985Centre for Confidence and Well Being2008-04-16T09:11:02Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>The Centre for Confidence and Well Being was set up in December 2004 by [[Carol Craig]]. It aims to support individual and cultural change through the use of positive psychology. It is based on the ideas of American psychologist Martin Seligman and writer Malcolm Gladwell. It is based in Glasgow <br />
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== People ==<br />
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[[Carol Craig]] - Chief Executive <br />
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[[William Roe]] - Chair<br />
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[[Ewan Hunter]]<br />
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[[Morinne MacDonald]].<br />
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== Funding ==<br />
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The centre is partly funded by public money from Scottish Enterprise and Glasgow City Council. The rest comes from [[BT]], [[Logica CMG]] and [[Alfred McAlpine]]<ref>[centreforconfidence.co.uk]15 April 2008 </ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
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The centre for confidence and well being is based around the idea that people in Scotland suffer from a lack of confidence and that improvements to quality of life be it for health, education or employment can only be brought about through their confidence and sense of self belief.<br />
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The centre has many influential connections. It was officially opened in 2004 by then first minister [[Jack McConnell]]. Notable Scottish media figures have spoken favourably about the centre. It is also jointly running the vanguard programme in conjunction with the Scottish parliament’s [[Futures Forum]]. This programme teaches community organisations about the power of optimism and positive psychology<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Participle&diff=56975Participle2008-04-16T08:55:03Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Participle is company which aims to create partnerships between the private sector, the third sector and local and central government to deliver public services<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
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== People ==<br />
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[[Charles Leadbeater]]<br />
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[[Hilary Cottam]]<br />
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[[Colin Burns]]- CEO of ideo Design company<br />
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[[Hugo Mannassei]]<br />
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[[Lydia Howland]]<br />
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Participle aims to deliver large scale projects by creating partnerships between private, third sector and local government. They say that society is facing new problems which cant be solved by traditional public services. They argue that we need to focus on understanding individual motivations, individual behaviour changes and directly engage the citizens with the service.<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Milligan&diff=56968John Milligan2008-04-16T08:24:38Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>john Milligan is currently:<br />
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Chairman of Dundee University Court<ref>http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/court/com/Biography/milligan.htm accessed 15 Apr 2008 </ref><br />
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Trustee of the Smith Institute<ref>http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/trustees.htm Accessed 15 April 2008/ref><br />
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Chairman of the Scottish New Deal Advisory task force<br />
Non executive director of Petroleum Geo Services<br />
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Non executive director of Aberdeen Geo Services<ref>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2001/06/df592dc8-9afa-4fa4-83c0-b12c25340b2b Accessed 15 April 2007</ref><br />
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Previous positions include:<br />
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Chancellor of the board of governors at Robert Gordon University<ref>http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news/disp_NewsPreview.cfm?PGE_ID=8172&vmenu=2</ref><br />
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Chairman of Atlantic Power and Gas<br />
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== Notes ==</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lydia_Howland&diff=56953Lydia Howland2008-04-16T06:19:30Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Lydia Howland Was co author of the Demos Scotland 2020 book. She worked for Demos as a researcher and events organiser. She now works for Ideos the design company and for [[Participle]]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Participle&diff=56948Participle2008-04-16T06:14:32Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Participle is company which aims to create partnerships between the private sector, the third sector and local and central government to deliver public services<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
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== People ==<br />
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[[Charles Leadbeater]]<br />
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[[Hilary Cottam]]<br />
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[[Colin Burns]]- CEO of ideo Design company<br />
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[[Hugo Mannassei]]<br />
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Participle aims to deliver large scale projects by creating partnerships between private, third sector and local government. They say that society is facing new problems which cant be solved by traditional public services. They argue that we need to focus on understanding individual motivations, individual behaviour changes and directly engage the citizens with the service.<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<reference/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Goodison_Group_in_Scotland&diff=56947Goodison Group in Scotland2008-04-16T06:10:22Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>The Goodison Group in Scotland was formed in 2004 as the scottish branch of the think tank the [[Goodison Group]]. The group focuses on issues of education and enterprise. It aims to bring together peope from education, business and government. <br />
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== Members ==<br />
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Dr Andrew Cubie - CBE FRSE Chairman<br />
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Ms Maggi Allan Director of Education Resources - South Lanarkshire Council<br />
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Mr Sandy Begbie Aegon UK<br />
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Ms Susan Bor Royal Bank of Scotland Group<br />
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Ms Fiona Boucher SALP<br />
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Mrs Marcia Campbell Standard Life<br />
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Mr Anton Colella ICAS<br />
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Mr Graham Donaldson HM Inspectorate of Education<br />
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Professor Jim Gallacher Glasgow Caledonian University<br />
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Mr [[Gerry Hassan]] DEMOS<br />
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Dr Ian Johnston<br />
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Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace City and Guilds<br />
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Ms Christine Lenihan<br />
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Ms Louise Macdonald Young Scot<br />
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Mrs Linda McKay Forth Valley College<br />
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Mr Roger McClure Scottish Funding Councils for F & HE<br />
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Mr John McCormick Scottish Qualifications Authority<br />
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Mr John Milligan<br />
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Professor Charles Munn OBE<br />
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Mr Robert Rae [[Scotland's Futures Forum]]<br />
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Professor David Raffe The University of Edinburgh<br />
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Ms Susan Rice Lloyds TSB Scotland<br />
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Mr Alf Young The Herald<br />
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== Funding ==<br />
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The Group is primarily funded by Lloyds TSB Scotland but also by Scottish Power and The Royal Bank of Scotland.<ref>Goodison Group in Scotland report, Take Hold of our Future, http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/[Take%20Hold%20of%20Our%20Future/Goodison%20Scotland%20Final%20Report.pdf], 20 September 2007 </ref><br />
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The groups literature makes a point of saying that although it is funded by corparate money it is completley independent of them. However there 2007 report does single out Scottish Power as a model of bussiness involvement in community education..<ref>Goodison Group in Scotland report, Take Hold of our Future, http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/[Take%20Hold%20of%20Our%20Future/Goodison%20Scotland%20Final%20Report.pdf], 20 September 2007 </ref><br />
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== Connections ==<br />
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One of the aims of the goodison group is to create a culture of enterprise in Scotland. To this end they have been working with the Think tank Demos and the Futures Forum. representatives from both these bodies are members of the Group. Also Alf Young is the partner of [[Carol Craig]] who promotes greater self confidence as the solutions to scotlands problems<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<references/>[[Link title]]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Goodison_Group_in_Scotland&diff=56946Goodison Group in Scotland2008-04-16T06:02:39Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>The Goodison Group in Scotland was formed in 2004 as the scottish branch of the think tank the [[Goodison Group]]. The group focuses on issues of education and enterprise. It aims to bring together peope from education, business and government. <br />
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== Members ==<br />
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Dr Andrew Cubie - CBE FRSE Chairman<br />
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Ms Maggi Allan Director of Education Resources - South Lanarkshire Council<br />
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Mr Sandy Begbie Aegon UK<br />
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Ms Susan Bor Royal Bank of Scotland Group<br />
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Ms Fiona Boucher SALP<br />
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Mrs Marcia Campbell Standard Life<br />
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Mr Anton Colella ICAS<br />
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Mr Graham Donaldson HM Inspectorate of Education<br />
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Professor Jim Gallacher Glasgow Caledonian University<br />
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Mr [[Gerry Hassan]] DEMOS<br />
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Dr Ian Johnston<br />
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Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace City and Guilds<br />
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Ms Christine Lenihan<br />
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Ms Louise Macdonald Young Scot<br />
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Mrs Linda McKay Forth Valley College<br />
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Mr Roger McClure Scottish Funding Councils for F & HE<br />
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Mr John McCormick Scottish Qualifications Authority<br />
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Mr John Milligan<br />
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Professor Charles Munn OBE<br />
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Mr Robert Rae [[Scotland's Futures Forum]]<br />
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Professor David Raffe The University of Edinburgh<br />
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Ms Susan Rice Lloyds TSB Scotland<br />
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Mr Alf Young The Herald<br />
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== Funding ==<br />
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The Group is primarily funded by Lloyds TSB Scotland but also by Scottish Power and The Royal Bank of Scotland.<ref>Goodison Group in Scotland report, Take Hold of our Future, http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/[Take%20Hold%20of%20Our%20Future/Goodison%20Scotland%20Final%20Report.pdf], 20 September 2007 </ref><br />
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The groups literature makes a point of saying that although it is funded by corparate money it is completley independent of them. However there 2007 report does single out Scottish Power as a model of bussiness involvement in community education..<ref>Goodison Group in Scotland report, Take Hold of our Future, http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/[Take%20Hold%20of%20Our%20Future/Goodison%20Scotland%20Final%20Report.pdf], 20 September 2007 </ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<references/>[[Link title]]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Goodison_Group_in_Scotland&diff=56945Goodison Group in Scotland2008-04-16T06:01:37Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>The Goodison Group in Scotland was formed in 2004 as the scottish branch of the think tank the [[Goodison Group]]. The group focuses on issues of education and enterprise. It aims to bring together peope from education, business and government. <br />
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== Members ==<br />
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Dr Andrew Cubie - CBE FRSE Chairman<br />
<br />
Ms Maggi Allan Director of Education Resources - South Lanarkshire Council<br />
<br />
Mr Sandy Begbie Aegon UK<br />
<br />
Ms Susan Bor Royal Bank of Scotland Group<br />
<br />
Ms Fiona Boucher SALP<br />
<br />
Mrs Marcia Campbell Standard Life<br />
<br />
Mr Anton Colella ICAS<br />
<br />
Mr Graham Donaldson HM Inspectorate of Education<br />
<br />
Professor Jim Gallacher Glasgow Caledonian University<br />
<br />
Mr [[Gerry Hassan]] DEMOS<br />
<br />
Dr Ian Johnston<br />
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Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace City and Guilds<br />
<br />
Ms Christine Lenihan<br />
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Ms Louise Macdonald Young Scot<br />
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Mrs Linda McKay Forth Valley College<br />
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Mr Roger McClure Scottish Funding Councils for F & HE<br />
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Mr John McCormick Scottish Qualifications Authority<br />
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Mr John Milligan<br />
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Professor Charles Munn OBE<br />
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Mr Robert Rae [[Scotland's Futures Forum]]<br />
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Professor David Raffe The University of Edinburgh<br />
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Ms Susan Rice Lloyds TSB Scotland<br />
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Mr Alf Young The Herald<br />
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== Funding ==<br />
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The Group is primarily funded by Lloyds TSB Scotland but also by Scottish Power and The Royal Bank of Scotland.<ref>Goodison Group in Scotland report, Take Hold of our Future, http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/[Take%20Hold%20of%20Our%20Future/Goodison%20Scotland%20Final%20Report.pdf], 20 September 2007 </ref><br />
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The groups literature makes a point of saying that although it is funded by corparate money it is completley independent of them. However there 2007 report does single out Scottish Power as a model of bussiness involvement in community education..<ref>Goodison Group in Scotland report, Take Hold of our Future, http://www.scotlandsfuturesforum.org/[Take%20Hold%20of%20Our%20Future/Goodison%20Scotland%20Final%20Report.pdf], 20 September 2007 </ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<references/>[[Link title]]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Goodison_Group&diff=56944Goodison Group2008-04-16T06:00:03Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>The Goodison Group was founded by Sir [[Nicholas Goodison]] the former deputy chairman of Lloyds TSB. The group describes it purpose as to bring together people from the worlds of Business, Government and Education. The group is funded by [[Lloyds TSB]]. It has been influential with the government. The group has been acting as an unofficial sounding board for the secretary of education on the government’s life long learning initiatives.<ref>http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/historic/x-enterprise/inquiries-01/lli-submissions/ell-049.pdf accessed 15 April 2008</ref> There is a seperate [[Goodison Group in Scotland]]<br />
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<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Catherine_Fieschi&diff=56931Catherine Fieschi2008-04-16T04:27:12Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Catherine Fieschi is [[Demos]]' Director. Her research focuses on the relationship between institutions, mobilisation and identity politics. She holds a PhD in Comparative Political Science from McGill University, is a contributing editor to Prospect Magazine, co-editor of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations and the author of In the Shadow of Democracy<ref>http://www.demos.co.uk/people/catherinefieschi</ref> <br />
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<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Tom_Bentley&diff=56929Tom Bentley2008-04-16T03:50:04Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Tom Bentley is Executive director for policy and cabinet affairs for the Premier of Victoria, Australia. He was Director of the think tamk [[Demos]] from 1999 - 2006. He is a former adviser to [[David Blunkett]] MP – then Secretary of State for Education. He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs’, and as ‘among the most intelligent critics of New Labour’ by the London Evening Standard.{{ref|ES}}<br />
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His recent publications include "Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left" ([[Renewal]], 2002), "Monarchies" (ed. Demos, 2002), "The Moral Universe" (ed. Demos, 2002), "It’s democracy stupid" (Demos, 2001), "The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy" (Demos, 1999), "The Real Deal: what young people really think about government, politics and social exclusion" (Demos, 1999) and "Learning beyond the classroom: education for a changing world" (Routledge, 1998), described as ‘one of the key education books of the decade’ by the Times Educational Supplement.<br />
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He was born and educated in East London and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford. he now lives in Melbourne, Australia He was a trustee of the [[Roundhouse]] and the [[Community Action Network]], and chaired the steering group of the [[Centres for Curiosity and Imagination]] project. [http://www.rsa.org.uk/events/speakerCloseUp.asp?speakerID=139]he is currently director of the Australia and New Zealand School of government<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Ditchley Foundation]]<br />
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<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Tom_Bentley&diff=56928Tom Bentley2008-04-16T03:49:28Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Tom Bentley is Executive director for policy and cabinet affairs for the Premier of Victoria, Australia. He was Director of the think tamk [[Demos]] from 1999 - 2006. He is a former adviser to [[David Blunkett]] MP – then Secretary of State for Education. He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs’, and as ‘among the most intelligent critics of New Labour’ by the London Evening Standard.{{ref|ES}}<br />
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His recent publications include "Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left" ([[Renewal]], 2002), "Monarchies" (ed. Demos, 2002), "The Moral Universe" (ed. Demos, 2002), "It’s democracy stupid" (Demos, 2001), "The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy" (Demos, 1999), "The Real Deal: what young people really think about government, politics and social exclusion" (Demos, 1999) and "Learning beyond the classroom: education for a changing world" (Routledge, 1998), described as ‘one of the key education books of the decade’ by the Times Educational Supplement.<br />
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He was born and educated in East London and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford. he now lives in Melbourne, Australia He was a trustee of the [[Roundhouse]] and the [[Community Action Network]], and chaired the steering group of the [[Centres for Curiosity and Imagination]] project. [http://www.rsa.org.uk/events/speakerCloseUp.asp?speakerID=139]he is currently director of the Australia and New Zealand School of government<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Ditchley Foundation]]<br />
==Notes==<br />
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<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Tom_Bentley&diff=56865Tom Bentley2008-04-16T00:46:07Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Tom Bentley is Executive director for policy and cabinet affairs for the Premier of Victoria, Australia. He was Director of the think tamk [[Demos]] from 1999 - 2006. He is a former adviser to [[David Blunkett]] MP – then Secretary of State for Education. He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs’, and as ‘among the most intelligent critics of New Labour’ by the London Evening Standard.{{ref|ES}}<br />
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His recent publications include "Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left" ([[Renewal]], 2002), "Monarchies" (ed. Demos, 2002), "The Moral Universe" (ed. Demos, 2002), "It’s democracy stupid" (Demos, 2001), "The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy" (Demos, 1999), "The Real Deal: what young people really think about government, politics and social exclusion" (Demos, 1999) and "Learning beyond the classroom: education for a changing world" (Routledge, 1998), described as ‘one of the key education books of the decade’ by the Times Educational Supplement.<br />
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He was born and educated in East London and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford. he now lives in Melbourne, Australia He was a trustee of the [[Roundhouse]] and the [[Community Action Network]], and chaired the steering group of the [[Centres for Curiosity and Imagination]] project. [http://www.rsa.org.uk/events/speakerCloseUp.asp?speakerID=139]he is currently director of the Australia and New Zealand School of government<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Ditchley Foundation]]<br />
==Notes==<br />
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{{note|ES}} Ref?</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Tom_Bentley&diff=56864Tom Bentley2008-04-16T00:42:59Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Tom Bentley is Executive director for policy and cabinet affairs for the Premier of Victoria, Australia. He was Director of the think tamk [[Demos]] from 1999 - 2006. He is a former adviser to [[David Blunkett]] MP – then Secretary of State for Education. He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading policy entrepreneurs’, and as ‘among the most intelligent critics of New Labour’ by the London Evening Standard.{{ref|ES}}<br />
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His recent publications include "Letting go: complexity, individualism and the left" ([[Renewal]], 2002), "Monarchies" (ed. Demos, 2002), "The Moral Universe" (ed. Demos, 2002), "It’s democracy stupid" (Demos, 2001), "The Creative Age: knowledge and skills for a new economy" (Demos, 1999), "The Real Deal: what young people really think about government, politics and social exclusion" (Demos, 1999) and "Learning beyond the classroom: education for a changing world" (Routledge, 1998), described as ‘one of the key education books of the decade’ by the Times Educational Supplement.<br />
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He was born and educated in East London and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford. He is a trustee of the [[Roundhouse]] and the [[Community Action Network]], and chairs the steering group of the [[Centres for Curiosity and Imagination]] project. [http://www.rsa.org.uk/events/speakerCloseUp.asp?speakerID=139]<br />
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==Affiliations==<br />
*[[Ditchley Foundation]]<br />
==Notes==<br />
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{{note|ES}} Ref?</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Milligan&diff=56827John Milligan2008-04-15T23:20:28Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>john Milligan is currently:<br />
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Chairman of Dundee University Court<ref>http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/court/com/Biography/milligan.htm accessed 15 Apr 2008 </ref><br />
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Trustee of the Smith Institute<ref>http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/trustees.htm Accessed 15 April 2008/ref><br />
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Chairman of the Scottish New Deal Advisory task force<br />
Non executive director of Petroleum Geo Services<br />
<br />
Non executive director of Aberdeen Geo Services<ref>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2001/06/df592dc8-9afa-4fa4-83c0-b12c25340b2b Accessed 15 April 2007</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
Previous positions include:<br />
<br />
Chancellor of the board of governors at Robert Gordon University<ref>http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news/disp_NewsPreview.cfm?PGE_ID=8172&vmenu=2</ref><br />
<br />
Chairman of Atlantic Power and Gas<br />
<br />
== <br />
Background ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=John_Milligan&diff=56826John Milligan2008-04-15T23:19:11Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
john Milligan is currently:<br />
<br />
Chairman of Dundee University Court<ref>http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/court/com/Biography/milligan.htm accessed 15 Apr 2008 </ref><br />
<br />
Trustee of the Smith Institute<ref>http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/trustees.htm Accessed 15 April 2008/ref><br />
<br />
Chairman of the Scottish New Deal Advisory task force<br />
Non executive director of Petroleum Geo Services<br />
<br />
Non executive director of Aberdeen Geo Services<ref>http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2001/06/df592dc8-9afa-4fa4-83c0-b12c25340b2b Accessed 15 April 2007</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
Previous positions include:<br />
<br />
Chancellor of the board of governors at Robert Gordon University<ref>http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news/disp_NewsPreview.cfm?PGE_ID=8172&vmenu=2</ref><br />
<br />
Chairman of Atlantic Power and Gas</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56798Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:08:39Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/</ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the [[Scotland 2020]] project<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56797Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:07:56Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/</ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the [[Scotland 2020]] project<br />
<br />
<br />
notes</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56796Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:07:00Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project<br />
<br />
<br />
notes</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56795Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:06:26Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project<br />
<br />
<br />
== <br />
Notes ==</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56793Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:05:41Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
[[<references/>]]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56792Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:04:21Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
[[<refereces/>]]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56791Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:03:56Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<refereces/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56790Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:03:07Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56789Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:02:37Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
== <br />
Background ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56788Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:01:56Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
== <br />
Background ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56786Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T22:00:21Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
== <br />
Background ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
== <br />
Background ==<br />
<br />
In his book up the down escalator Charles Leadbeater argues that a major problem facing society is chronic pessimism. This he claims stops up from embracing the benefits of globalization and modern technology and that the negativity of the anti globalisers such as Naomi Klein are creating a self fulfilling prophesy. His solution to this is to embrace the changes of globalization. Creating a “personalised society”<ref> up the down escalator</ref> where every individual has control over the services they access. He ignores that not every body will have the same opportunities to access these services and that some of the problems of globalization will wish them away. <br />
<br />
The influence of his ideas is strong Tony Blair whose was advised by leadbeater and was defiantly an optimist took to calling people who disagreed with him about his public sector reforms pessimists.<ref> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/oct/02/labourconference.labour8 accessed 15 April 2008,/ref> Leadbeater influence can also be seen in other Demos projects such as the Scotland 2020 project</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56751Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T20:54:23Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
== <br />
Background ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,746396,00.html]</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56748Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T20:44:53Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,746396,00.html</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56747Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T20:44:35Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
<br />
Partner in [[Participle]]<br />
<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
<br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
<br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,746396,00.html</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56746Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T20:43:55Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
Partner in Participle<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]] during the 80s<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Living on Thin Air <br />
Up the Down Escalator<br />
In Search of Work<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,746396,00.html</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Charles_Leadbetter&diff=56745Charles Leadbetter2008-04-15T20:40:51Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Charles Leadbeater describes himself as an "authority on innovation and creativity"<ref>[http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/about-me/about-me.aspx] accessed 15 April 2008</ref> He is currently; <br />
<br />
Senior Research Associate at the [[think tank]] [[Demos]]<br />
Visiting senior fellow at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts<br />
Partner in Participle<br />
He also advises a number of organisations on innovation including BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, and Channel Four Television<br />
<br />
He experience includes:<br />
<br />
Senior Advisor to Tony Blair at the 10 Downing Street Policy Office<br />
Special Advisor to the European Commission <br />
Advisor to the government of Shanghai<br />
Advisor to the Department of Education for personalized approaches to learning<br />
He also worked as a journalist for the Financial Times and the Independent as well as contributing to [[Marxism Today]]during the 80s<br />
<br />
We-think, which is due to be published in 2007, is the latest in a string of acclaimed books: Living on Thin Air, a guide to living and working in the new economy; Up the Down Escalator, an attack on the culture of public pessimism accompanying globalisation and In Search of Work, published in the 1980's, which was one of the first books to predict the rise of more flexible and networked forms of employment<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,746396,00.html</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Participle&diff=56650Participle2008-04-15T17:57:59Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>Participle is company which aims to create partnerships between the private sector, the third sector and local and central government to deliver public services<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
<br />
== People ==<br />
<br />
[[Charles Leadbeater]]<br />
<br />
[[Hilary Cottam]]<br />
<br />
[[Colin Burns]]<br />
<br />
[[Hugo Mannassei]]<br />
<br />
<br />
Participle aims to deliver large scale projects by creating partnerships between private, third sector and local government. They say that society is facing new problems which cant be solved by traditional public services. They argue that we need to focus on understanding individual motivations, individual behaviour changes and directly engage the citizens with the service.<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<reference/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Participle&diff=56642Participle2008-04-15T17:48:31Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div><br />
Participle is company which aims to create partnerships between the private sector, the third sector and local and central government to deliver public services<ref>http://www.participle.net/ 15 April 2008</ref><br />
<br />
== People ==<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater<br />
<br />
Hilary Cottam<br />
<br />
Colin Burns<br />
<br />
Hugo Mannassei</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Participle&diff=56623Participle2008-04-15T17:06:26Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
== People ==<br />
<br />
Charles Leadbeater<br />
<br />
Hilary Cottam<br />
<br />
Colin Burns<br />
<br />
Hugo Mannassei</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Futures_Forum&diff=56583Futures Forum2008-04-15T14:42:56Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Futures_board.jpg|thumb|right|The Board of the Futures Forum]]<br />
<br />
The Futures Forum is a [[sourcewatch:Think tanks|think tank]] set up by the Scottish Parliament. According to the Parliament: 'Scotland&#39;s Futures Forum, the Scottish Parliament&#39;s initiative to develop strategic thinking on the issues which will shape Scotland&#39;s future, moves forward today with the announcement of the eight individuals who will make up the Forum&#39;s board of directors. {{ref|1}}<br />
<br />
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has agreed to create a new company, with the SPCB as the sole member, which extends the Parliament&#39;s outreach and participation work to academia, the arts, blue chip companies, civic Scotland and entrepreneurs. Leading figures from the private and public sectors have volunteered their services on a two year initial basis.' <br />
<br />
<br />
[[Image:ScottishFuturesForum.png|right|thumb|The original webpage of the Futures forum on the Scottish Parliament Website 2005]]When it was launched the Forum webpage on the Parliament website included links to two other corporate lobby groups, the [[International Futures Forum]] and the [[Global Business Network]] which had been influential in setting up the Forum. <br />
<br />
==Board of Directors==<br />
<br />
* Alex Fergusson MSP, Presiding Officer to the Scottish Parliament <br />
• Rt Hon George Reid <br />
<br />
• Sir John Elvidge, Permanent Secretary, The Scottish Executive <br />
<br />
• Susan Rice, CEO, Lloyds TSB Scotland <br />
<br />
• Tim O’Shea, Principal, Edinburgh University <br />
<br />
• Campbell Christie, Former Secretary General, STUC <br />
<br />
• Alex Neil MSP <br />
<br />
• Sarah Boyack MSP <br />
.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''External Links'''<br />
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*Futures Forum website [http://www.scotlandfutureforum.org/sff/default.asp Home page]<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
#{{note|1}} Scottish Parliament Press Release, 18th August 2005 [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-05/pa05-070.htm Parliament Announces Board of Directors for Scotland's Futures Forum] Last Accessed 31st May 2007</div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Carol_Craig&diff=56574Carol Craig2008-04-15T14:11:11Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
B.A Politics - Strathclyde University<br />
<br />
Phd Politics - Edinburgh University<br />
<br />
Worked For the BBC<br />
<br />
1992 Set up her own training consultant compant Enspire<br />
<br />
2004 Chief Executive Centre for Confidence and Well Being<br />
<br />
<br />
Carol Craig is married to journalist Alf Young<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
The Scots Crisis of Confidence (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow<br />
<br />
<br />
In her book the Scot's crisis of confidence and in her blogs on the website for the centre for confidence and well being Carol Craig argues that Scots lack confidence and self belief. This lack of optimism damages economic growth, enterprise and physical and mental health. She argues that it is this fear which creates the popularity of left wing egalitarian politics in Scotland as people feel that they have to account for their behaviour to others. All this puts a check on personal ambition and market success. The solution is to ignore what she calls Scotland fixation with political solutions and accept that an egalitarian future is impossible. We instead need to focus on individual fulfilment.<ref>The Scots Crises of confidence Carol Craig (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow</ref><br />
<br />
Not surprisingly this is an idea which has met with a great deal of support from certain sectors. Alan Hogarth of the Scottish CBI said approvingly "we have to get over the cultural problems of still degenerating success which promotes an anti enterprise anti profit culture." <ref>quoted in The Conformist Imagination, Alex Law, Variant Magazine [http://www.variant.randomstate.org/23texts/thinktankery.html]</ref> Carol Craig was also quoted approving by Gordon Brown in his address to the Carnegie Foundation<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Carol_Craig&diff=56573Carol Craig2008-04-15T14:10:23Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>Carol Craig is a <br />
<br />
B.A Politics - Strathclyde University<br />
<br />
Phd Politics - Edinburgh University<br />
<br />
Worked For the BBC<br />
<br />
1992 Set up her own training consultant compant Enspire<br />
<br />
2004 Chief Executive Centre for Confidence and Well Being<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Books ==<br />
<br />
<br />
The Scots Crisis of Confidence (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow<br />
<br />
<br />
In her book the Scot's crisis of confidence and in her blogs on the website for the centre for confidence and well being Carol Craig argues that Scots lack confidence and self belief. This lack of optimism damages economic growth, enterprise and physical and mental health. She argues that it is this fear which creates the popularity of left wing egalitarian politics in Scotland as people feel that they have to account for their behaviour to others. All this puts a check on personal ambition and market success. The solution is to ignore what she calls Scotland fixation with political solutions and accept that an egalitarian future is impossible. We instead need to focus on individual fulfilment.<ref>The Scots Crises of confidence Carol Craig (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow</ref><br />
<br />
Not surprisingly this is an idea which has met with a great deal of support from certain sectors. Alan Hogarth of the Scottish CBI said approvingly "we have to get over the cultural problems of still degenerating success which promotes an anti enterprise anti profit culture." <ref>quoted in The Conformist Imagination, Alex Law, Variant Magazine [http://www.variant.randomstate.org/23texts/thinktankery.html]</ref> Carol Craig was also quoted approving by Gordon Brown in his address to the Carnegie Foundation<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
<references/></div>Robert Souterhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Carol_Craig&diff=56568Carol Craig2008-04-15T14:02:07Z<p>Robert Souter: </p>
<hr />
<div>B.A Politics - Strathclyde University<br />
<br />
Phd Politics - Edinburgh University<br />
<br />
Worked For the BBC<br />
<br />
1992 Set up her own training consultant compant Enspire<br />
<br />
2004 Chief Executive Centre for Confidence and Well Being<br />
<br />
<br />
Books <br />
<br />
The Scots Crisis of Confidence (2003) Big Thinking: Glasgow<br />
In her book the Scot's crisis of confidence and in her blogs on the website for the centre for confidence and well being Carol Craig argues that Scots lack confidence and self belief. This lack of optimism damages economic growth, enterprise and physical and mental health. She argues that it is this fear which creates the popularity of left wing egalitarian politics in Scotland as people feel that they have to account for their behaviour to others. All this puts a check on personal ambition and market success. The solution is to ignore what she calls Scotland fixation with political solutions and accept that an egalitarian future is impossible. We instead need to focus on individual fulfilment.<br />
<br />
Not surprisingly this is an idea which has met with a great deal of support from certain sectors. Alan Hogarth of the Scottish CBI said approvingly "we have to get over the cultural problems of still degenerating success which promotes an anti enterprise anti profit culture." Alex LAw. Carol Craig was also quoted approving by Gordon Brown in his address to the Carnegie Foundation</div>Robert Souter