Policy and Innovation

An article by Stan Leibowitz and Stephen E. Margolis about path dependence: "the application to economic systems of an intellectual movement that has lately come into fashion in several academic disciplines. In physics and mathematics, the related idea is called chaos-sensitive dependence on initial conditions." Unfortunately a sad diatribe against the idea of path dependence... by people who hve a vested interest in believing that the market place will finally sort all things out.

interesting innovations and cutting edge partnerships coming out of Sandia

A short report by the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society about trust and the internet.

On trust on the Internet

Vint Cerf on the future of the Internet.

A video with Vint Cerf responding to a question about the future of the Internet in the context of the OECD ministerial meeting in Seoul about that subject in June 2008.

Charles Leadbeater's report for the Innovation Unit about the future for innovative schools.

Time to look into the relationship between the owners of social networks and advertisers...

A paper by Gary Dempsey dating from 1996 examining F. Hayek's theory of mind organized in three sections: a summary Hayek's theory of mind; an explanation of Hayek's claim that the human mind can never be predicted by man or machine; how Hayek's theory of mind provides a compelling defense of the market system.

He doesn't like the tightened restriction on alliances and antitrust immunity in the House-passed FAA Reauthorization Bill. As its Director General, he complements the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on developing the best practices in fuel efficiency and states that since 2005 this has resulted in saving 34 million tons of CO2. He states that the IATA has worked with governments to optimize flight routes, which has saved another 34 million tons of CO2 since 2004. Speaking at the International Aviation Club of Washington this week, IATA's Director General, Giovanni Bisignani, also called on the Obama administration to renew its role as a leader in global aviation industry and make aviation policy a priority.

In the US, manufacturers of PRCBs (some of whom are members of the PBA) in efforts to stay competitive and protect their market shares, have filed a petition with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission in order to fight what they see as unfair trading practices.

An article by Cathy Davidson about learning and transformation and transforming learning.

What role does emotional intelligence play inleadership. An interview of daniel Goleman.

A video of Daniel Goleman: on emotional intelligence and leadership.

A discussion paper dating from 2001 about designing policy-making processes.

A paper about the design of policy processes

Why governments must learn to think differently

Why governments must learn to think differently. A publication from DEMOS.

An EU Commission staff working document dating from August 2007 about the role of evidence in complex social and political processes in educational policy-making.

For those who can read French, an interesting article by Pierre Muller about a theory of change related to public policy-making.

A "school" about tools and methods to address policy related knowledge in extended decision-making processes.

The results fo the consultation carried out by the EU Commission.

A study by the EU-funded Vision Era-net project about how innovation is handled by governments. The report is here: http://www.tekes.fi/julkaisut/Major_challenges.pdf