RSA Events: Audio

Lifting the Lid on the Politics of Climate Change

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:03:57 +0100

The global response to climate change is failing. John Ashton CBE, one of the world’s leading climate diplomats, speaks candidly on what is going wrong and what is to be done. Chair: Andy Atkins,...

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Kith

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:54:51 +0100

Acclaimed writer Jay Griffiths offers a passionate defence of childhood, and mourns the loss of its 'kith' - its unique time, space and place, in Western cultures.

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Are Diverse Communities Possible?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:45:38 +0100

Assistant professor of Sociology at Michigan State University Zachary Neal explores the potentially paradoxical relationship between neighbourhood integration and cohesion.

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A Bit of Give

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:22:58 +0100

Adam Grant, Wharton's youngest tenured professor and highest-rated teacher, outlines how being more giving can transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities.

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Winning Without Losing

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:02:16 +0100

Co-founder of the innovative start-up “factory” Rainmaking, Martin Bjergegaard challenges the myth that being a successful entrepreneur requires you to sacrifice most other aspects of life.

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The Signal and the Noise

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:31:23 +0100

Stats guru and political forecaster Nate Silver reveals why most predictions fail, and shows how we can isolate a true "signal" from a universe of increasingly big and noisy data.

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London 2012: Have we inspired a generation?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:33:18 +0100

Baroness Grey-Thompson and Jonathan Edwards CBE join a panel to discuss the legacy of London 2012 for the UK’s young people.

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Making at Home, Owning Abroad

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:42:36 +0100

Dr Finbarr Livesey, POLIS, University of Cambridge, Julie Madigan, chief executive, The Manufacturing Institute and the Rt Hon Vince Cable MP discuss the findings of a new RSA/Lloyds Banking Group...

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Anyone Can Change the World

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:01:06 +0100

Nobel Laureate Jody Williams shares her insights into building action from the grass-roots, showing how people can come together to make change happen and contribute to a better world.

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The New World of Working Women: A divided sisterhood?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:31:53 +0100

Professor Alison Wolf examines the social, cultural and economic impact of the rise of women in the workplace, and asks: has it created a “divided sisterhood”?

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China: The birth of a new superpower?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:35:12 +0100

Dr Linda Yueh, one of the world’s leading economic experts and director of the China Growth Centre at Oxford, visits the RSA to discuss China’s extraordinary economic transformation.

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Where Does the Responsibility for Community Lie?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:45:18 +0100

Tim Smit, CEO of The Eden Project, joins an expert panel to ask whether initiatives such as The Big Lunch can provide the social capital boost Britain needs? Is the death of community overstated or...

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Redesigning the Future

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:13:20 +0100

An influential panel will debate the role designers must take in driving a sustainable manufacturing model.

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The Self Illusion: The brain's greatest con trick?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:08:16 +0100

Join Professor Bruce Hood as he shows that the concept of the 'self' is a figment of the brain, generated as a character to weave our internal processes and experiences together into a coherent...

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The Global Mental Health Crisis: What the rich world can learn from the poor

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:35:14 +0100

Mental health is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Vikram Patel, director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, calls for a model of community-based intervention that empowers ordinary...

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Humanising History & Connecting Cultures: The role of literature

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:01:28 +0100

Acclaimed award-winning author and author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reflects on the role of literature in conversation with Ellah Allfrey, deputy editor of Granta Magazine.

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Re-Imagining Work: Shifts in the digital revolution

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:20:10 +0100

Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, imagines what might be possible if organisations really began to think differently about the power of technological and social change to transform...

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The Locust and the Bee

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:36:30 +0000

Geoff Mulgan argues that the economic crisis presents a historic opportunity to choose a radically different future for capitalism, one that maximises its creative power and minimises its destructive...

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LBC 97.3 Live at the RSA: Is this the end of the NHS as we know it?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:51:39 +0000

Major changes to the way the NHS is managed and funded are about to take effect. LBC’s James O’Brien chairs a live radio debate from the RSA Great Room, asking: will the changes really make the NHS...

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The Poor Also Have the Right to Buy and Sell

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:40:01 +0000

Influential economist and president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy Hernando de Soto explores the economic roots of the Arab Spring.

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Big Data, Small Government? Or What Happens When We Expect Silicon Valley to Do the Job of Politicians

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:03:12 +0000

Tech sociologist Evgeny Morozov examines the risks and limitations of the “solutionism” of the smart future, where the temptation to enrol technology companies rather than governments in solving all...

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Design and Society

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:31:17 +0000

In the inaugural RSA Tindale Lecture, Alice Rawsthorn, leading design critic and author of the forthcoming book "Hello World: Where Design Meets Life", explores the powerful and pervasive influence...

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Networks of Outrage and Hope

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:57:05 +0000

Leading sociologist Manuel Castells examines new social movements, new forms of change and political democracy in the global network society.

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RSA / Arts Council England Event

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:42:02 +0000

Sir Peter Bazalgette delivers his inaugural lecture as Chair of Arts Council England, launching a new partnership with the RSA, aimed at exploring ideas for a new political economy for arts and...

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Common Humanity: Making 'us vs. them' history

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:17:01 +0000

Sir David Cannadine, one of Britain’s most distinguished historians visits the RSA to provide a new paradigm for historical understanding that emphasises our commonalities, rather than our...

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Extremes

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:55:56 +0000

Pioneering medical scientist Dr Kevin Fong shows how our exploration of the physical world has run in parallel with advances in our understanding of the human body’s capacities and limits. But can...

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Feeding Frenzy

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:35:49 +0000

Sustainability expert Paul McMahon considers price spikes, market manipulation, land grabs and the race to control food supplies, and asks - can we feed a world of nine billion… and at what cost?

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The Silence of Animals: On progress and other modern myths

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:28:29 +0000

John Gray, one of Britain's most provocative and stimulating philosophers, visits the RSA to discuss the ideas raised in 'The Silence of Animals' - the much-anticipated sequel to the best-selling...

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Liberty and Security – for all or the (privileged) few?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:59:54 +0000

Distinguished human rights lawyer, barrister and academic, Professor Conor Gearty argues that a new vision of universal freedom is urgently required.

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Solving the World’s Problems Differently

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:00:55 +0000

Don Tapscott, one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation and the economic and social impact of technology, shows how new global non-state networks are offering powerful new solutions for...

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The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:58:00 +0000

Bestselling author of Drive and star of the most-viewed RSA Animate, Dan Pink visits the RSA to explore the ways in which we can all improve our everyday sales skills, and identifies the personal...

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The Inequality Crisis

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:39:39 +0000

Economist and author Stewart Lansley argues that the surging income gap of recent decades has not only been socially corrosive, but is also at the roots of our national and global economic crises.

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Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:02:08 +0000

Humanitarian photographer Giles Duley’s ability to document the triumph of the human spirit in the face of conflict is revealed in an upcoming Channel 4 film. Observer editor John Mulholland and...

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21st Century Inc.: Making the corporation work for us

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:18:30 +0000

Colin Mayer calls for a new approach to how we run companies to ensure that the corporation contributes to, rather than undermines, our economic prosperity, environmental welfare and social...

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The World Until Yesterday: What we can learn from traditional societies

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:03:11 +0000

Jared Diamond – the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘master storyteller of the human race’ – reveals how traditional societies provide us with important and often overlooked insights into human nature.

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CSR 3.0: A new global framework for responsible business

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:02:21 +0000

Professor David Grayson CBE, director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, visits the RSA to demonstrate how a new wave of corporate responsibility coalitions are collectively...

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Tomorrow's Work. Why Yesterday's Expectations Are Ruining Today's Future

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:28:31 +0000

Technologist Ben Hammersley asks: how do our traditional workplace models conflict with our new internet-driven expectations of how we might live and work to our full potential, and how might...

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The Universe Within

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:06:05 +0000

Listen as pioneering palaeontologist Neil Shubin reveals the deep connections between the cosmos and the human body – from today right back to the Big Bang.

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Placing Sustainability at the Heart of Housing

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:37:37 +0000

Architect and urban designer David West and Grainia Long, chief executive, Chartered Institute of Housing join a panel to discuss how we can build the homes and local environments that Britain needs.

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The Runnymede Race Debate: Do racists have a right to be heard?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:04:23 +0000

In the annual Runnymede Race Debate our speakers, including Sunder Katwala, Catherine Fieschi, Nigel Warburton, Kirsty Hughes and Rob Berkeley, debate the limits of free speech.

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The Scientific Method Of The Mind: What Sherlock Holmes can teach us about decision making

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:40:07 +0000

Maria Konnikova reveals how Sherlock Holmes can teach us to optimise not only our own everyday existence, but our broader contributions to society and the lives of those around us.

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Find a Voice Not Read a Script: Looking for the Heart of English

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:00:39 +0000

Michael Boyd, former artistic director of the RSC and Chris Meade, co-director of If:book join a conversation to explore the central principles which should drive English teaching in the 21st century.

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Why Can’t We Live Together?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:25:04 +0000

Award-winning professor of social psychology at Oxford University, Miles Hewstone visits the RSA to show how ‘intergroup contact’ can play a fundamental role in creating peace and cohesion within our...

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Unleashing Greatness

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:57:26 +0000

Former Head of Ofsted Christine Gilbert presents the key recommendations of the RSA / Pearson Think Tank Academies Commission and considers, with an expert panel, how can we ensure the academies...

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What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:48:33 +0000

Leading environmentalist and sustainability adviser Tony Juniper argues that we must put a price on nature if we are to save it.

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Antifragile

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:34:52 +0000

Radical philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers a blueprint for how to live - and thrive - in a world we don't understand, and which is too uncertain for us to even try to predict.

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General Ignorance: It’s all about what you don’t know

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:23:12 +0000

Legendary producer and QI mastermind John Lloyd visits the RSA to share the culmination of a life’s reading – that it’s what we don’t know that really matters.

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The RSA Animate Revolution: Ideas in the age of information overload

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:39:03 +0000

Acclaimed popular psychologist Richard Wiseman joins celebrated RSA Animate illustrator Andrew Park to unveil new evidence that shows that RSA Animate videos not only entertain, but educate in a...

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Tackling Reform, Transforming Lives

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:30:14 +0000

Entrepreneur and CEO of Teach First Brett Wigdortz, education expert Lord Adonis and Dr Jane Keeley will discuss their shared vision for transformational change - to tackle injustice in the British...

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How Maths Illuminates Our Lives

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:26:11 +0000

Acclaimed author and one of the world’s most extraordinary minds, Daniel Tammet visits the RSA to give us a unique perspective on how mathematics can help us to make sense of the world and our place...

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Frontline voices podcast: Classroom experiment by Carey Oppenheim

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:01:50 +0100

Carey Oppenheim uses the concept of all schools becoming centres of research and development to explore radical ideas.

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The Rise of the ‘Biotechnosciences’

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:29:29 +0000

Leading-edge bioscience promised so much – but did it really deliver? Renowned neuroscientist Steven Rose and sociologist Hilary Rose visit the RSA to tackle the claims of the bioscience industry...

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Ending Poverty

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:23:28 +0000

Influential political philosopher Thomas Pogge argues for a new global institutional commitment to the swift and complete eradication of severe poverty.

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On Settling

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:08:45 +0000

Distinguished social theorist Robert Goodin calls for a new recognition of the positive value of “settling”, and explains why it really is different from compromise, resignation and failure.

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How to Build a Mass Movement Now

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:58:17 +0000

CEO of Purpose.com Jeremy Heimans shows how to harness the collective power of citizens and consumers to solve the world’s biggest problems. David Miliband MP will repsond.

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Fiscal Fallout: The challenge ahead for public spending and public services

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:00:01 +0000

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, Michael Bichard, Ian Mulheirn and Ben Lucas debate the scale of the public finance challenge, and what this means for the future of public services.

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How to Govern Intelligently in the 21st Century

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:53:25 +0000

For decades, liberal democracy has been trumpeted as the best system of governance available to us. But in a rapidly changing cultural landscape, is that any longer the case? Join investor and...

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The Fate of Reason in an Age of Belief

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:56:36 +0000

Award-winning film-maker and author, Stephen Trombley offers a fresh analysis of the key thinkers whose work from the Enlightenment to the present day is of continued importance as we proceed into...

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Does Africa Need Our Outrage?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:31:33 +0000

High-profile human rights abuses in Africa regularly provoke condemnation and outrage from international observers. But does this outrage really drive progressive change, or does it actually fan...

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RSA Angus Millar Lecture 2012: A Vision for the Future of Science

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:34:08 +0000

In the 2012 Angus Millar Lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Lord Rees argues that science will play a major role in solving the urgent challenges of the 21st century.

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The Secrets of SuperTeams

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:01:07 +0000

Renowned leadership specialist Khoi Tu identifies the essential elements of the route to excellence in team-building, from finding a common purpose to mastering conflict and managing change.

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The Race to the White House: US election panel 2012

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:30:23 +0100

Can Obama hold on for a second term, or has he simply not delivered enough? What will be the outcome of the most costly political campaign in history? Candace Allen, Sarah Churchwell, Ian Leslie and...

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Love, Hate and Everything In Between

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:29:46 +0100

Man’s capacity for kindness and compassion is overshadowed only by his ability to be as cruel and destructive. Can empathy resolve issues of aggression and subjugation, where wars, politics and...

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Doughnut Economics: Creating a safe and

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:36:23 +0100

Oxfam senior researcher and former co-author of the UN’s annual Human Development Report Kate Raworth visits the RSA to explain ‘doughnut economics’ – the bold new theory that is sweeping the...

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The End of Men: And the rise of women

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:57:34 +0100

Award-winning journalist Hanna Rosin argues that the transitional economy is ushering in a new era in gender relations, and explores how both men and women can adapt to our rapidly changing social...

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How to De-Spin a Party Conference

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:31:00 +0100

Are we really taken in by all this 'call me Dave' political sincerity? Journalist and author Eliane Glaser dissects the party conference pomp and spin with the expert help of Stephen Tall, editor of...

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How to Deal with the Future: Using business insights to plan your life

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:41:46 +0100

Author and futurist Tamar Kasriel shows how resilient companies plan and make decisions, and reveals how individuals can exploit these techniques to create a better future for themselves.

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Transformative Innovation: Driving growth through breakthrough ideas

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:00:45 +0100

The RSA and CEB convene a senior business panel, including Atul Dighe, senior director at CEB, innovator Richard Palmer and Kevin Yapp, chief strategy & marketing officer at Premier Farnell to...

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The Slow Revolution

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:38:31 +0100

How can we deal with the addictive nature of speed? Carl Honoré, Gervais Williams, Deepa Patel and Kate Fletcher explore how we can improve our quality of life, well-being and creativity by applying...

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How to Change the Future

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:09:43 +0100

Pioneering transformative scenario planner Adam Kahane visits the RSA to outline a powerful new methodology for dealing with some of the world’s most intractable challenges.

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The New Industrial Revolution: The shape of 21st century manufacturing

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:53:39 +0100

The FT’s Peter Marsh explores the set of new forces influencing the business of making things – and the implications and opportunities for consumers and British manufacturers.

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LBC 97.3 Live at the RSA: Does Heathrow need a third runway?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:42:20 +0100

Does the recent cabinet reshuffle signal a change in government aviation policy? The controversial question of a third runway for Heathrow is now right back on the political agenda. Tim Yeo MP and...

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The Olympic Review: One man’s struggle against sporting hysteria

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:29:06 +0100

Journalist and literary critic Nicholas Lezard visits the RSA to deliver his verdict on the London 2012 Olympic games.

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Prospects for a New Progressivism

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:59:32 +0100

Tristram Hunt MP, Jesse Norman MP, Miranda Green and Matthew Taylor ask: does politics today have the capacity to respond to the kind of complex challenges we are currently facing, such as meeting...

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The Power To Act: A new angle on our toughest problems

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:26:47 +0100

Matthew Taylor argues that a power deficit is at the heart of some of the world's most complex and pressing problems, and proposes an ambitious new framework in his 2012 Chief Executive's Annual...

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The RSA President's Lecture: Why Creativity is the New Economy

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:07:34 +0100

Dr Richard Florida, one of the world's leading experts on economic competitiveness, demographic trends and cultural and technological innovation shows how developing the full human and creative...

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The Millenials Debate

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:27:38 +0100

Listen as our panel ask: Will the entrepreneurial drive of the Millennial generation shape the zeitgeist for the first half of 21st century, harnessing transformations in the way we live and work to...

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Rewriting the Book?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:05:28 +0100

Listen to our panel as they discuss how culture-led city regeneration can enhance economic competitiveness, community cohesion and a sense of place. Munira Mirza, Brian Gambles, Loretta Lees and Anna...

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Lessons from the Top

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:47:08 +0100

Listen as award-winning television and radio presenter Gavin Esler shares the leadership secrets he’s gleaned from thirty years interviewing the world’s greatest frontrunners.

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Reforming Equity Markets to Support Corporate Performance

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:52:23 +0100

Professor John Kay presents the findings and recommendations of the Kay Review of Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making, and sets out a vision for equity markets that work well for UK...

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The Long Run: Life is a marathon

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:36:40 +0100

The RSA and the Institute for Ageing and Health present an exploration and celebration of ageing and the human journey at a historically unique moment, as we travel an unbroken upwards curve in...

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Positive Linking: How networks can revolutionise the world

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:25:30 +0100

Join economist and author Paul Ormerod as he argues that we need more than just ‘nudge’ theory in our networked, urban societies – we also need to grasp the perils and possibilities of ‘Positive...

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The Emerging Mind: How relationships and the embodied brain shape who we are

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:51:40 +0100

Renowned academic, author, and director of the Mindsight Institute Dan Siegel, visits the RSA to reveal an extremely rare thing – a working definition of the mind.

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Free beer: The truth about dishonesty

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:50:34 +0100

Dan Ariely, bestselling author and professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University visits the RSA to examine the mechanisms at work behind dishonest behaviour, and the...

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Is Education the Answer to Social Mobility?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:34:19 +0100

The RSA and Teach First present a series of Education Matters Debates. In the second of three debates, Stephen Twigg MP, Jo Shuter and Professor Anna Vignoles discuss how we can ensure equality of...

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Wait: The useful art of procrastination

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:12:06 +0100

Frank Partnoy ex-Wall Street derivative trader and self-confessed procrastinator, reveals the science behind our decision-making disasters and successes, and argues that decisions of all kinds,...

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Risk Intelligence: How to live with uncertainty

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:53:33 +0100

Risk intelligence expert Dylan Evans outlines a powerful form of thinking; one where the same intuition seen in the best poker players can be effectively transferred to business, politics and...

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How to Face the Digital Future Without Fear

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:35:11 +0100

Editor-at-Large for Wired magazine and guru of the digital age Ben Hammersley visits the RSA to demystify the internet, decode cyberspace, and guide us through the innovations of the incredible...

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Are Genes Us?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:15:48 +0100

Donna Dickenson, emeritus professor of medical ethics and humanities at Birkbeck College takes aim at the simplistic view that genes command and we obey.

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How Much is Enough?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:53:23 +0100

Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not an end in itself but a means to the achievement and maintenance of a 'good life', and that our economy should be organised to reflect this fact.

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The New Few

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:46:25 +0100

Ferdinand Mount asks: Why has Britain become more unequal over the past thirty years? And how can we restore our democracy, bring back real accountability to British business and fairness to our...

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Connectome: How the brain’s wiring makes us who we are

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:31:19 +0100

Rising star in the field of neuroscience Sebastian Seung argues that our identity lies not in our genes but in the connections between our brain cells – and he describes the monumental task of...

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The Antidote

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:01:12 +0100

Journalist and author Oliver Burkeman offers an alternative "negative path" to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.

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Climate Engineering in the Anthropocene

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:17:30 +0100

Professor of public ethics Clive Hamilton explores the far-reaching implications of geoengineering—the intentional, enduring, large-scale manipulation of the Earth’s climate system.

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Subliminal: The new unconscious and what it teaches us about ourselves

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:36:40 +0100

Join academic and bestselling author Leonard Mlodinow as he unravels the mysteries of the unconscious mind, and shows its remarkable and unexpectedly powerful effect on all aspects of our live

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Time Warped

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:59:36 +0100

Acclaimed writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond draws on the latest research to shed light on the mysteries of time perception.

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Can Britain be an Industrial Powerhouse in the 21st Century?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:34:43 +0100

We bring together an expert panel to share their views on rebalancing the economy through industrial competitiveness. Speakers include: Damian Collins MP, Jo Johnson MP, David Smith and Luke Johnson

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The Moral Molecule

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:04:32 +0100

Renowned neuroscientist and economist Paul J. Zak reveals how a single chemical governs all of our morality and behaviour.

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The War of the Sexes

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:44:55 +0100

Paul Seabright argues that we can achieve greater harmony and equality between the sexes by understanding how the tension between conflict and cooperation developed in our remote evolutionary past,...

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NHS Foundation Trusts: A model for the future?

webmaster@rsa.org.uk (RSA) — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:40:53 +0100

Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and Foundation Trust Network chief executive Sue Slipman discuss new models of public service provision.

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