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Systems change: What, how, and why now

systems image smallISSUE 528, FEBRUARY 2015

*SYSTEMS CHANGE EDITION*

WITH SUPPORT FROM LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION

COMMENT: TO CHANGE SOCIETY WE NEED TO CHANGE SYSTEMS

IN FOCUS: HOW TO CHANGE OUR FAILING SYSTEMS
As the human and financial costs of the failures of our public services add up, it’s time to create human-centred systems that are truly transformative, says Clare Goff

Q & A WITH FRANCES WESTLEY: LEARNING TO PLAY THE SYSTEMS GAME
Frances Westley is chair of social  innovation at the University of Waterloo in Ontario in Canada. She talks to New Start about how an understanding of system dynamics can scale up social change

MAKING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK
Prison isn’t working and in the US they are being shut down. Here in the UK a range of approaches are being trialled but they may not be tackling the core issue, says Ela Hunter

PRESTON: BUILDING A NEW LOCAL ECONOMICS
Almost £500m leaks out of Preston each year. Now the council is working with the city’s anchor institutions to help them use their spending power locally.

TEN IDEAS: CREATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE

ANALYSIS: NEW DATA MAPS THE REALITY OF COMPLEX NEED

‘DON’T LET US DOWN’: A NEW APPROACH TO YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY
London Youth is rethinking the way ‘hidden’ young people are supported into work, as Rosie Ferguson explains

SYSTEMS THINKING FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS
Systems thinking can seem complex and inaccessible but even the smallest group of people working towards change can learn from it. Kate Swade sets out five ways in which it can help.

BRISTOL: A CITY RIPE FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE?

BOOK REVIEW: THE WHITEHALL EFFECT

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