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Geoff Mulgan Biography

Geoff Mulgan CBE (born 1961) is Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and Visiting Professor at University College London, the London School of Economics, and the University of Melbourne.

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Spreading an idea is hard work.

Hard, Hard Work, Idea, Ideas, Spreading

Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers.

People, Details, Employers, Facebook, Life, Become

Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.

Children, Learn, Motivation, Opposite, Real, Things

L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.

21St, Cards, Credit, Early, Self, Worth

With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are.

Feed, Identity, Mediated, Networks, People, Self

As with products on supermarket shelves, the public has a right to know where their financial products and services come from.

Come, Financial, Public, Services, Shelves, Supermarkets

Before the Second World War, L'Oreal in France was an active supporter of the French fascists. The cosmetic group's founder Eugene Schueller was an active member of the 'Cagoule' group, committed to the violent overthrow of the Third Republic, and hosted meetings at Oreal headquarters.

France, Groups, Headquarters, War, World

Adelaide is becoming a hub for higher education.

Adelaide, Becoming, Higher Education, Hub

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

Favour, Finance, Majorities, Majority, Polls, Taxes

Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies.

Body, Coercion, Remain, States, Taxation

So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. Many are on a treadmill chasing after contracts and new funding.

Hands, Live, Looks, Mouths, Probably, Stand

It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the U. S. , quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.

Taken, Heart, Mean, Inequality, Growing, Industrialist

The idea of entrepreneurship applies as much in politics, religion, society and the arts as it does in business.

Art, Business, Doe, Idea, Ideas, Religion

Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.

Football, Team, Winning, Push, Fulfilment, Come

One of the lessons of history is that even the deepest crises can be moments of opportunity. They bring ideas from the margins into the mainstream.

History, Inspirational, Mainstream, Margins, Motivational, Opportunity

Computing should be taught as a rigorous - but fun - discipline covering topics like programming, database structures, and algorithms. That doesn't have to be boring.

Algorithms, Covering, Discipline, Fun, Like

All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance learning, hospices, urban farming and waste reduction to restorative justice and zero-carbon housing. But most of these are growing despite, not because of, help from governments.

Distance, Farming, Government, Learning, Reduction, Zero

Even many of the teenagers who feel confident on navigating the web simply don't have the skills needed to 'write and create' digital tools, not simply consume them.

Confident, Navigating, Skills, Teenager, Write, Writing

As the Internet of things advances, the very notion of a clear dividing line between reality and virtual reality becomes blurred, sometimes in creative ways.

Clear, Creative, Lines, Reality, Virtual

All innovation is about letting go, saying goodbye to things to create space for the new.

Create, Goodbye, Innovation, Letting Go, Space

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