Writer and researcher Beatrice Francesca Orante shares her thoughts on what public sector innovation looks like during times of crisis. Find more from Beatrice on LinkedIn and Twitter. One of the more interesting responses I have seen to the COVID-19 pandemic were mobile markets, which reduced the trips people made to purchase basic necessities. Local …
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Multidisciplinary researcher Laurence Heijbroek shares his [UK-based] perspective on shaping the “new normal”, the drawbacks of digitalisation, and building social resilience for the future. Some sights live long in the memory. I don’t think I will ever forget watching the news report on the start of lockdown in Wuhan. The featured videos of neighbours …
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Silvia Hernandez, GSA Future of Work Now Leader at EY, highlights the value and impact of human capital as #WeEmerge from this crisis and begin to embrace the ‘new normal’. The world changed in March 2020. Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic strained healthcare systems to the breaking point, put much of the global economy …
Amy DeTavis, Director of Innovation at The DO School, poses the question: How can #WeEmerge from this crisis and operate from a place of purpose rather than simply just profit? Read on to find out more. “Brands with purpose grow, companies with purpose last, and people with purpose thrive.” – Alan Jope, Chief Executive …
Dear DO School community, We offer this statement humbly after a period of sustained and deep reflection amongst our team. The last few weeks have made abundantly clear what has been a lived reality for far too many, for far too long: we live in a world that still bears racism and injustice. As the …
Victoria Soelle, our Director of Partnerships at The DO School, shares her personal perspective on the impact this pandemic is having on SMEs, her family’s multigenerational business, and her growing sense of purpose. According to multiple psychological studies we know that there are basic patterns of how people deal with crises. The common journey …
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As many of us are currently forced to slow down, pause and reflect, we also have the opportunity to take the idea of #WeEmerge into our personal lives. And where better to start than with the habits that make up almost half of our daily activities? Olof Ekman, our habit expert, walks us through the …
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