by David Robinson | 9 Oct 2020 | Observatory Thinking, Our thinking
In brief In this blog, Nick Sinclair and David Robinson explore the concept of a ‘social covenant’ discussed in Danny Kruger’s recent report, ‘Levelling Up Our Communities’, arguing it must be formed around values, trust, morality and...
by David Robinson | 1 Oct 2020 | Observatory Thinking, Our thinking
In brief In this blog, originally written for and published by Nesta, David asks the question:What can we do to keep the community spirit that was amplified by lockdown alive and make 2020 the year we changed for good? Some of us have suffered loss in recent months....
by David Robinson | 10 Aug 2020 | Observatory Thinking, Our thinking
In brief In “The moment we noticed” we reported on a society wide shift from Doubting to Trusting. Here, David considers the implications, and the potential, for transforming the approach to social care. Last week we learnt that the PM had appointed a high level...
by David Robinson | 3 Jun 2020 | Observatory Sightings
Following on from last week’s Sighting, we continue to take stock of what we’ve observed over the past few months. In this, our eighth Observatory Sighting, we scratch beneath the surface to reflect on the changing undercurrents which have driven changes...
by David Robinson | 20 May 2020 | Observatory Sightings
In this, our seventh Observatory Sighting, we begin to take stock of what we’ve learnt about the response to the outbreak of coronavirus. RSVP It is now 10 weeks since we published the blog anticipating that we were all about to begin 100 days of behaving...
