'If you’re going to get large-scale change you often have to interact at different points of the system: investors, on the ground, and policy. That’s our theory of change at Nesta'

Our CEO Ravi Gurumurthy spoke to Tom Hashemi from Cast From Clay ⬇️ bit.ly/43XaHJf

The difference between American and British medical websites is huge. American ones always say 'see a Doctor', British ones more likely to say 'Nah, you're fine, crack on'.

To Edinburgh by plane: £106, 4:30 hours, door to door.

To Edinburgh by train: £187.50, 7 hours, door to door.

Misaligned incentives.

Sharing a fun conversation I recently had with Tom Hashemi of Cast From Clay as part of the Getting Policy Unstuck series. Tom and I discussed a range of topics related to evidence use for policymaking. castfromclay.co.uk/best-practice/…

Chris co-authored Hewlett Foundation's new Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy. I spoke to him to understand how he thinks about research and its limits in policymaking, how AI is likely to affect this space, and how to get his attention as a grantee.

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Fran hits the nail on the head with this one. Sometimes we see research with one audience being used to justify a communications approach with a completely different audience.

Maria ‘Herda’ Chech, a former POW from Azov, shared this photo. She's the sole survivor among these women, embodying the strength of Ukrainian women in the face of Russian atrocities. Stand with Ukraine, support its courageous women.

#SupportUkrainianWomen
#InternationalWomenDay

Everyone: CAPTCHAs stop spam.

Scraping companies: Our bots are unstoppable.

Or said another way, through the power of meme...

We rightly berate Russia, and stand twiddling our thumbs while this happens...

When the first page of your doc starts like this, you should be thinking: 'This is a problem.'

Kudos Neil Garratt AM for this👇

It's rare to see principled leadership among our political leaders these days, and very refreshing when you do.

Enjoying the 'Getting policy unstuck' series via Cast From Clay.

Thank you Lord Bethell for also sharing what movement (cold-water swimming) means to you (physically and mentally fit) - 'It’s worth investing in your physical and mental health.'

Greater Manchester Moving

Great to talk with Lord Bethell, Member of the House of Lords and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care, for the fourth piece in 'Getting policy unstuck'.

Read his thoughts here: castfromclay.co.uk/best-practice/…

This piece is banging.

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Media monitoring tools. Which ones are your favourite and why? #PR

Stephen Frost, principal research fellow and co-head of participative research at IPPR , speaks to Tom Hashemi about why getting policy unstuck is about people, the role of social media in report writing, and why we have to engage beyond progressives on climate.…

Word.

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