{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62d286141ebc5f0012e642cd/62d296396a8a1600129cedf8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Upgrading the state with James Plunkett","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62d286141ebc5f0012e642cd/1657968067110-0ee99c67af77598fab7765f77fcb5566.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Our first interview is with <a href=\"http://twitter.com/jamestplunkett\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">James Plunkett</a>, author of <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-State-Ways-Society-Broken/dp/1398702188\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">End State</a> (one of the Guardian’s political books of the year). In his book James explores nine big social problems and nine radical ways to put things right but what he says he’s really interested in are the projects these ideas are a part of: how do we upgrade the state so it’s capable of governing a 21st Century economy?</p><p><br></p><p>SHOW NOTES</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>00:46 The meeting with Gordon Brown and Tim Berners-Lee that inspired the book</p><p>02:35 Industrial Revolution vs the Digital revolution</p><p>07:53 Why policymaking needs to become more agile</p><p>10:20 Why the politics of 2050 are rooted in ideas that are with us now</p><p>13:10 Is UBI a crazy idea that's destined to become common sense?</p><p>17:59 Did government become more agile in response to the pandemic?</p><p>19:01 Is a crisis a terrible thing to waste?</p><p>21:15 Why the most radical new ideas are neither ‘left’ nor ‘right’</p><p>25:42 How do public servants take advantage of flux and uncertainty?</p><p>34:11 How Citizen’s Advice designs for compassion</p><p><br></p><p>Follow James on Twitter at @jamestplunkett</p><p><br></p><p>Read his blog at https://endstate.substack.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Buy End State: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/james-plunkett/end-state/9781398702202/</p><p><br></p><p>Twitter➡️ <a href=\"https://twitter.com/createchangeGOV\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">createchangeGOV</a></p><p>LinkedIn➡️ <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/createchangelondon/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Create/Change</a></p><p>Website➡️ <a href=\"https://createchange.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://createchange.io</a></p><p><br></p><p>For original insights and digital government inspiration, sign up to our newsletter here 👉 <a href=\"https://createchange.io/newsletter-signup/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://createchange.io/newsletter-signup/</a></p>","author_name":"Create/Change"}