How do we join up Canada’s fragmented and underperforming innovation system so that it integrates social innovation and social purpose more explicitly and centrally to achieve societal impact? I make the case for using a Mission framework, see latest blog. https://t.co/6F83KXSThV

Important new OECD research on social innovation based on European Social Fund https://t.co/dl17K764xF Analyses the main existing levers and policy orientations to further support social innovation.

I'll be doing a talk at UCL next week on the strange institutional conservatism of UK public science and technology; lessons from around the world; and the possible shape of new institutions in the future - with responses from Anjana Ahuja from the FT, William Cullerne Brown and

I don't understand why so few people use AI tools. Most people only know about ChatGPT. Here are 12 hidden gems you need to know:↓

All @NotebookLM users now have access to a major new feature: Discover Sources. Define a topic and notebook retrieves the ten most relevant web sources & annotates with summaries based on your query. Then you can do Q&A, create audio overviews, mind maps, study guides, etc.

There's been lots of talk lately about the "lost decade" under the Liberal government. It revolves around this chart: Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵

Boeing 787 pricing is going to be interesting going forwards under Trump’s new tariff regime.. 🤦🏻

To have a successful transition to democracy you have: 1 To have a high growth rate so that *all* people feel richer 2 To have your country become internationally more powerful or acknowledged 3 To have liberalization of moeurs (i.e. customs): social, sexual. I think of three

My today's Substack Capitalism of finitude: pessimism and bellicosity Review of Arnaud Orain’s "Le Monde Confisqué" https://t.co/1KanMukyPe

Valuable new IIPP report by @MazzucatoM Rainer Kattel & @RPuttick laying out 5 areas of dynamic capabilities including #experimentation:

Change starts from the edge of organisations & systems: the best change ideas come from those who operate at the edge. It's tough being a change leader at the edge. Our views get dismissed by the centre for being unconventional or unrealistic. Often we feel we don't belong. Yet

The Purpose Lens:Transforming Investment Practices in Canada April 1 https://t.co/wBE0Fu72vs Join the Canadian Purpose Economy Project and Millani for a conversational webinar introducing Purpose Investing, an emerging impact investing and ESG investment strategy @CoroStrandberg

There are some fantastic (free) resources for change & great graphics in the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (@RNAO) "Leading Change Toolkit". I particularly like the content on the "social movement action framework", a people-led, grassroots approach to change that

Very often, when we have sought to create change at scale, we've focussed on how we can influence the behaviour of many individuals; nudging people towards better choices, designing interventions that encourage positive behaviours or compliance with a process. Is it time to shift

How, as leaders, do we motivate people to do their most productive work? New research says that too often we make assumptions linked to "agency theory": that people need strong managerial control, targets, monitoring & regulation to work effectively. The researchers say that

Mapping the ecosystem for citizen participation and emerging tech: Netherlands vs. Portugal (from new OECD report) https://t.co/eVNPgdFoRj

Power gradients (the gap between those with the most power & least power in a team or system) create risks, barriers to communication, a negative sense of "us & them", less innovation & poorer patient & performance outcomes. Jade Garratt says that addressing power gradients is

[Surprise...] "Our new study finds that most bilateral donors are not sharing any practical evidence of increased local funding" https://t.co/iwLBLMKo3a

"This research also uncovers a tension: external intervention programs, despite good intentions, can potentially weaken existing community capabilities" https://t.co/5MpIGKWEer @DanielPAldrich cc @anexact

"We are undeniably living through an institutional interregnum... Intermediary tools (like citizen juries) are signals, not solutions—they point towards a need for a deeper shift in governance theory and practice". From @DarkMatter_Labs provocation on governing tomorrow

"There’s a world of difference between thoughtful experimentation and perpetual hesitation. When we say “we don’t know where this technology is going,” we’re often abdicating our responsibility to shape its direction" https://t.co/9GQK96o2qN @participatory