Been on the agenda for years but no-one to date has taken it on - it needs an Executive Minister to grab it and lead; otherwise it’ll stay ‘on the back burner’ for more years to come.

✨️ We are seeking 2 exceptional researchers to join our EPIC Futures NI project ✨️ Join an interdisciplinary team seeking to make a real impact. For full job/persons spec, search for: 'Research Associates in Employability and Skills Evaluation' ulster.ac.uk/peopleandcultu…

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A nice piece from Bloomberg Cities on tial.org and the need to create new public institutions in cities for priorities such as decarbonisation, mental health and AI bloombergcities.jhu.edu/news/creating-…

A Radical Cure for Bureausclerosis

“bureaucratic buildup is driven by a web of reinforcing factors. Corporate staff groups justify their existence by generating ever-more elaborate policies, which rarely have a sunset clause. Captive customers can't refuse these internal…

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We are researching some aspects of the nidirect website & want to hear your experiences. By taking our survey your voice can be heard & help improve the service. Your unique perspective matters. This is the link to the survey: consultations2.nidirect.gov.uk/dof/35bf42a0/ Please share widely

Well done Prof Kristel Miller and team on an excellent launch of EPIC Futures NI
It was great to have shared Innovation Lab NI 's track record in applying #BehaviouralScience
We look forward to being part of this exciting opportunity.

STEMHubNI STEM Ambassadors Anna Monaghan Dr Karen Mooney (McAuley) Elita Frid Beverley McCormick Royal Academy of Engineering School of Biological Sciences Dr. Caoimhe Rooney Linda Oyama Johanne Brolly South West College Melissa Nugent MEGA- Manufacturing & Engineering Growth & Advance Ulster University WOMEN'STEC Footprints Women's Centre I love being a STEM Ambassador and sharing the many opportunities for behavioural science as a valid offering across societal challenges. The solidarity and support within STEMHubNI make this an additional joy. Thank you for your continued encouragement ❤️

The iLab are researching some aspects of the nidirect website & want to hear your experiences. By taking our survey your voice can be heard & help improve the service. Your unique perspective matters. This is the link to the survey: consultations2.nidirect.gov.uk/dof/35bf42a0/ Thanks in advance 👍

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Thank you Neil Galway for inviting me into this energising conversation on #NetZero It was great to be able to talk about the contribution #behaviouralscience can make, and equally great to have this received with such enthusiasm and engagement.

Bureaucracy tends to kill innovation, and
“Every revolution evaporates to leave behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy” (Kafka).
So, are all innovative things doomed to die in a bureaucracy?
Maybe, maybe not if the environment is right?
Thoughts ⬇️

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“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept' buff.ly/42tb8tW

Well done Martin Morgan Tony Young

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Some graphs speak for themselves. The waiting lists in the UK's National Health Service #NHS have lengthened with the Tories and diminished with Labour. Which party do you think wants the middle class to go private? Why don't the NHS doctors get proper pay?

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New Post:
During the early days of the pandemic administration took a back seat.
The shackles were off.
People were free to be creative

Nearly four years later the status quo is fully restored
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Congratulations Rachael Singleton 🌊📚 and Innovation Lab NI on this excellent development. Behavioural science has enormous potential. Good to see it get prominence in this way. Onwards and upwards……