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There is more to life than markets and income. The positive culture of charities makes you feel you can make a differenceLast week I left the world of commerce, where I spent the last 20 years. It is where I learned my skills, earned a reasonable income and established some security.<>However, I'm </>... more

Charles Byrne starts to make sense of all that is new as he settles in to working life at Macmillan<>Three full weeks in to this new world and how is it going? It's a little like moving to a new country to learn a new language. As with any new job, there are times when the sheer volume of informati</>... more

By Peter Baeck<>How do we define innovation?  In the search  for innovation-cases this is a question that is often rasised.  Do we take a number of the most outstanding examples of innovation, interview everybody involved, go through the inputs and outputs, analyze every element, document it, and t</>... more

by Peter BaeckHaving missed rye bread, pickled herring and wide lanes for bicycles for way to long I decided to go to wonderful Copenhagen this past weekend.<>After having consumed all off the above in copious amounts it luckily turned out that Copenhagen had more to offer than just treats for my t</>... more

by Alec PattonWe three interns are getting ready to update the Innovation Unit’s wikipedia entry – and to kick things off, I’m taking a look at what some other peoples’ wikipedia pages look like.<>Before I go any further, if anybody feels like reading about Wikipedia, I recommend David Runciman’s L</>... more

By Peter Baeck<><>The impending squeeze on public spending in the face of growing social pressures makes incremental changes and efficiency measures in public services no longer plausible. Radical social innovation is needed to respond to these pressures. In many cases it will require systemic innova</></>... more