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Report shows 'dearth' of Muslim police chiefs
Coverage of a study carried out by the National Association of Muslim Police and Demos which found that only 27 Muslim officers worked in counter-terrorism out of a UK total of 2,374.
from : beatriceburks
17th November 2008
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Beyond wickedness
Today we met up with Jake Chapman. He’s an researcher, lecturer and consultant on systems thinking, a Demos associate, the author of the Systems Failure Demos pamphlet (one of our crucial texts for Connecting the Dots), and generally a great guy and brilliant thinker.One of the many helpful things that came out of our discussions with Jake was a more developed understanding of wicked problems...
from : simonhampson
5th November 2008
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Ready or not?
The global financial turmoil has concentrated everyone’s minds on one form of risk, but there are plenty more out there to keep public sector managers awake at night. Public Finance convened a round table of experts to see how prepared they are for any eventuality.
from : charlieedwards
5th November 2008
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Resolving wicked problems together, or alone?
While wicked problems are, by definition, contested and contentious when it comes to their formulation and resolution, there's a pretty solid consensus around wicked problem-solving methodologies.
from : simonhampson
22nd October 2008
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Tackling wicked problems
With Connecting the Dots we're looking at new approaches to the management of 'wicked problems'. These are problems that are unbounded in scope, time and resources; the problems can never be solved definitively, but rather can only be managed better or worse. Wicked problems also involve a highly complex interplay between causal factors; a tangled web of feedback loops and interdependencies to grapple with. What's more, wicked problems spill across departmental and agency...
from : simonhampson
15th October 2008
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Google's eyes in the sky
I've just finished reading a fascinating paper on Google Earth by the Open Source Centre. Google Earth came online in 2006 and had an instant impact. Some Demos researchers spent lunchtimes whizzing through Antarctica or hunting for Chinese submarines.* Sometimes we even got so far as to create mashups of useful information. But Google Earth also opened wide a window on places and events that five years ago only spies could see - and this made some government's very very nervous....
from : charlieedwards
8th September 2008
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Better a bad ballot than no ballot?
Here at Demos we talk a lot about everyday democracy, the idea that people should have their say, not just in elections, but also in the fabric of their day to day lives.But what about everyday democracy for people who don't have any democracy at all?
from : faizalfarook
28th July 2008
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Metrostrategy
Yesterday I spoke to 120 senior officers at the Australian Command Staff College on national security. After the main Q&A session the topic of conversation moved onto new theatres of conflict. Someone suggested that the armed forces would have to focus more on cities, as a result of increasing urbanisation globally. Urban warfare is an area I am not very familiar with. Fortunately Michael Evans, a fellow at the Australian Defence College has just written an excellent pamphlet on the subject - City without Joy.
from : charlieedwards
26th July 2008
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Podcast: Wicked Jihad
A new podcast. Counter terrorism policy in Western Europe is increasingly about preventing violent extremism before it arises, by lessening the appeal of groups like al-Qaeda. Most work tends to focus on the structural factors such as foriegn policy, societal discrimination, and a lack of local leadership.
This week, Jamie Bartlett explains why we need to understand what the appeal of al-Qaeda might be, from the sense of adventure and feelings of personal agency through to street credibility.
You can subscribe to our podcasts here.
from : petebradwell
18th June 2008
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Who's listening?
In contrast to Khan's reaction, the Rose inquiry will not be a quiet affair. The shadow home secretary, David Davis, smells blood, senses incompetence in Whitehall and wants those responsible brought in. But we would do well to let Rose's inquiry blossom, not least because the constant drip of news tends to obscure, rather than clarify, issues and events. As such, each story becomes the focus of an inquiry that detracts rather than focuses minds on proceedings. Early this morning, for instance, we found out that a second bugging device planted in a prison telephone was illegally used to record privileged conversations between an inmate and his solicitor, about the murder of three police officers in west London in 1966. It is highly likely we will find more.
from : charlieedwards
5th February 2008
