WHAT IF THE
CENTRE SUPPORTED
THE EDGES?
WHAT IF THE
CENTRE SUPPORTED
THE EDGES?
WHAT IF THE
CENTRE SUPPORTED THE EDGES?
SYSTEM UNDER STRAIN
Across the world,
the institutions at the centre of public life are struggling. Trust has collapsed, fiscal pressures are mounting, the state is out of sync with our times. It feels like the old system is dying.
SYSTEM UNDER STRAIN
Across the world,
the institutions at the centre of public life are struggling. Trust has collapsed, fiscal pressures are mounting, the state is out of sync with our times. It feels like the old system is dying.
ENERGY AT THE EDGES
Yet there is energy all around the edges of the public sector and civic sphere. Turbulent times have produced an array of alternatives - relational services, deliberative democracy, regenerative economics, experiments in civic renewal.
ENERGY AT THE EDGES
Yet there is energy all around the edges of the public sector and civic sphere. Turbulent times have produced an array of alternatives - relational services, deliberative democracy, regenerative economics, experiments in civic
renewal. Sources of hope
and institutional renewal.
ENERGY AT THE EDGES
Yet there is energy all around the edges of the public sector and civic sphere. Turbulent times have produced an array of alternatives - relational services, deliberative democracy, regenerative economics, experiments in civic renewal.
FRICTION AND FRUSTRATION
How does the centre relate to the edge? Too often, it is a story of friction and frustration. Local innovators fight to stay alive, struggling to persuade people that their work is legitimate. Outmoded views and processes undervalue promising alternatives. The system blocks its own renewal.
FRICTION AND FRUSTRATION
How does the centre relate to the edge? Too often, it is a story of friction and frustration. Local innovators fight to stay alive, struggling to persuade people that their work is legitimate. Outmoded views and processes undervalue promising alternatives. The system blocks its own renewal.
SPREADING THE ENERGY
What would it take to flip this? To run the centre so that it supports and spreads the energy at the edges - fertilising innovation, trusting people, and creating space for ideas to spread.
Read more here.
SPREADING THE ENERGY
THE CENTRE FOR THE EDGE is building a community of public sector leaders who are asking these questions. We are sharing tools and techniques for finding and supporting
the most promising alternatives. You can read more about our work here.