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The Happy WorkLife PodcastThe Work We Need: Hilary Cottam on her book "The Work We Need" and her DEFRA review of upland working lifeIn this episode of The Happy WorkLife Podcast, Lord Mark Price sits down with Hilary Cottam, a pioneering public service innovator, social entrepreneur and author of The Work We Need. Hilary’s remarkable career has taken her from the halls of UNICEF and the World Bank to founding two groundbreaking social enterprises. Hilary’s currently leading a DEFRA review on working life in England’s upland communities. Together, they explore her journey, the future of work and the inspirations behind her new book and what it reveals about how we can create work that truly works for everyo...
2025-10-2148 min
Radical Reformers podcastMaking person centred support real with Helen SandersonThis week’s Radical Reformers guest is relational working pioneer, Helen Sanderson, known to us as a leading thinker, researcher and doer on person-centred working.
Helen talks about her work setting up Wellbeing Teams in places like Wigan and Thurrock and discusses her ongoing work with the Changing Futures Northumbria team, playing a pivotal role spreading the learning from the great work being done there.
This episode includes some very practical examples of what it takes to make person-centred support real. Spoiler alert – it takes a lot of commitment, a lot of effort and the bravery to “work out loud and sh...
2025-09-181h 00
The Extraordinary Business Book ClubEpisode 460 - Shaking things upPeople who write business books - at least, business books worth reading - tend to think a little differently. This 'Best Bits' episode features a formidable line-up of disruptors, each of whom brings a very personal toolkit for unsettling the status quo, in work and in life. Challenging the system often starts by asking awkward questions and you'll find lots of those here. What you WON'T find are excuses. Think you're not creative or confident enough to be an author? This is for you. Listen, enjoy, but don't expect to leave with your assumptions undisturbed.
2025-09-0834 min
Change TalkMark John-Williams on Circles Of SupportIn this episode, we hear from Mark John-Williams who has over 40 years experience in the care and support sector about the Circles of Support model and how it can mobilise family, friends, neighbours and acquaintances to provide support for an individual.
Mark John-Williams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-john-williams-99519289/
His short video on Circles of Support: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2ybw3DFVEQ
Imogen runs a social research consultancy Imogen Blood & Associates:
https://www.imogenblood.co.uk/
2025-08-211h 08Radical Reformers podcastThe Work We Need with Hilary CottamIn the latest episode of Radical Reformers, I am joined by renowned public service innovator and author, Hilary Cottam.
Hilary has just published her hotly anticipated follow up to Radical Help, entitled “The Work We Need”. It is an inspiring read and I get the opportunity to delve into the main themes with Hilary.
Hilary highlights the increasing challenge of economic inactivity and unfulfilling jobs and discusses the importance of “place” and the social fabric created by local institutions great and small, formal and informal. We discuss the critical role central government, Mayoral Combined Authorities and councils have in “tilting the playin...
2025-07-2355 min
Messy Social WorkRich and Tim introduce 'Headlines' with CC Editor Mithran Samuel and Review 'Radical Help' by Hilary CottamMithran's articles: https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/12/4bn-a-year-more-available-for-adult-social-care-by-2028-29-in-spending-review/https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/12/spending-review-childrens-services-cash-boost-means-labour-delivering-on-care-review-macalister/ https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/17/casey-dfe-must-urgently-investigate-fall-in-number-of-child-sexual-abuse-cases-recorded-by-councils/ https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/06/19/commission-reviews-law-on-kinship-care/
2025-06-231h 07
Latest 100 | LSE Public lectures and events | AudioBreaking the Jeff Bezos model of new technologyContributor(s): Dr Hilary Cottam, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Professor Jack Stilgoe | New technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few. It is widely believed that without intervention, this trend will continue, creating a society where a handful of tech billionaires thrive while countless others struggle with low wages and job insecurity. But is this future inevitable?
What are the potential scenarios going forward? How can we rethink the way technological innovation is structured to ensure its benefits are more widely shared? Is there...
2025-06-1859 minLatest 100 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoBreaking the Jeff Bezos model of new technologyContributor(s): Dr Hilary Cottam, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Professor Jack Stilgoe | New technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few. It is widely believed that without intervention, this trend will continue, creating a society where a handful of tech billionaires thrive while countless others struggle with low wages and job insecurity. But is this future inevitable?
What are the potential scenarios going forward? How can we rethink the way technological innovation is structured to ensure its benefits are more widely shared? Is there...
2025-06-1859 minLatest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoBreaking the Jeff Bezos model of new technologyContributor(s): Dr Hilary Cottam, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Professor Jack Stilgoe | New technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few. It is widely believed that without intervention, this trend will continue, creating a society where a handful of tech billionaires thrive while countless others struggle with low wages and job insecurity. But is this future inevitable?
What are the potential scenarios going forward? How can we rethink the way technological innovation is structured to ensure its benefits are more widely shared? Is there...
2025-06-1859 minLatest 100 | LSE Public lectures and events | All media typesBreaking the Jeff Bezos model of new technologyContributor(s): Dr Hilary Cottam, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Professor Jack Stilgoe | New technology and AI are transforming the labour market at an unprecedented pace, often reinforcing existing inequalities and concentrating wealth in the hands of a few. It is widely believed that without intervention, this trend will continue, creating a society where a handful of tech billionaires thrive while countless others struggle with low wages and job insecurity. But is this future inevitable?
What are the potential scenarios going forward? How can we rethink the way technological innovation is structured to ensure its benefits are more widely shared? Is there...
2025-06-1859 min
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass PodcastIn Conversation with Hilary Cottam | ep 128Hilary Cottam is a world-renowned author, innovator and change maker across a whole range of policy profiles. Between international humanitarianism, education policy, social architecture, welfare and prison reform – amongst many other things – she has been a social innovator committed to getting things done for nearly 40 years.Her latest book, The Work We Need, presents a radical vision of what the future of work in this world can be. She identifies work as a cultural force at the heart of good lives, strong communities and a sense of a shared national destiny, and argues that the combined forces of a...
2025-06-1654 min
The Extraordinary Business Book ClubEpisode 457 - The Work We Need with Hilary CottamWhat does a good working life look like in the 21st century? Dr Hilary Cottam, OBE has spent the last five years exploring this question through collaborative workshops she calls 'imagininings', involving all sectors of the post-industrial workforce from gravediggers to consultants. The same resonant themes kept emerging: the need for work that pays the basics, offers meaning, allows space for caring and play, is tied to place, and demands collective, not just individual, change. She discovered that the challenges we face - technological disruption, ecological crisis and a lack of social justice...
2025-06-1631 min
Private PassionsHilary CottamHilary Cottam is a writer, innovator and social entrepreneur who wants to find solutions for some of the most intractable problems of our time - from the design of prisons to how we provide care for the elderly and might end long-term unemployment.
In her book Radical Help, she argued that we need to re-invent the Welfare State to match the challenges of the 21st century. In her most recent book, The Work We Need, she focuses on how we could re-imagine work in a way that benefits everyone, in a world facing immense technological change and ecological crisis.
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2025-06-0852 min
Design EmergencyHilary Cottam on Redesigning WorkWhat is a good working life in the 21st century? And how do we get there? In the latest episode of Design Emergency, our cofounder, Alice Rawsthorn, explores these issues with the pioneering social designer and social activist Hilary Cottam, who conducted five years of intensive research into how we could – and should – redesign all aspects of work, for her new book, The Work We Need: A 21st Century Reimagining..Hilary traveled throughout the UK and US – from the post-industrial cities of Barnsley and Grimsby in northern England, to Palo Alto, the tech capital of the US...
2025-04-2331 min
IfG EventsHow to fix local government?Local government has faced huge financial pressures, leaving residents across England struggling to access services. Featuring presentations from council leaders, this panel explored what can be done to turn around performance. Presentations from:Jenny Rowlands, Chief Executive of Camden CouncilClaire Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, Sheffield City Council Panel:Hilary Cottam, author, innovator and change maker and Honorary Professor at the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose at UCLFlorence Eshalomi MP, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select CommitteeJim...
2025-01-2556 min
Institute for GovernmentHow to fix local governmentLocal government has faced huge financial pressures, leaving residents across England struggling to access services. Featuring presentations from council leaders, this panel explored what can be done to turn around performance.
Presentations from:
- Jenny Rowlands, Chief Executive of Camden Council
- Claire Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, Sheffield City Council
Panel:
- Hilary Cottam, author, innovator and change maker and Honorary Professor at the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL
- Florence Eshalomi MP, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee
- Jim McMahon MP, Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and English Devolution)
Thi...
2025-01-2256 min
RethinkRethink...careThe care system in Britain is creaking at the seams. People who need care aren't receiving it - or if they do it's untenably expensive. There aren’t enough staff for care homes, and unpaid family carers often burn out looking after their loved ones without support.Successive governments have recognised it’s a problem, but they haven’t been able to fix it. Rachel Reeves is just the latest in a long line of chancellors to back away from care reform.How can we reform the care system so it works better for everyone involv...
2024-10-2428 min
Let's Talk Ideas'Finding The Silver Lining' With Rob FountainIn this episode we are joined by Rob Fountain, former CEO of Age UK and current Head of Strategic Partnerships at Gloucestershire VCS Alliance to talk about the challenges of heading up service-based organisations and how we need to go about re-defining the leadership and goals of services to better aid the people who need them.
You can follow Rob over on X (Twitter) or LinkedIn
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TEDTalks
Cormac Russell - Sustainable Community Development
Hilary Cottam - Social Services Are...
2024-06-1340 min
A Manifesto For HopePrinciple 2: Where there’s ruin, there’s hope, with Steve Chalke’s guest and expert witness Hilary Cottam OBE, social entrepreneur (part 2 of 2)Where there’s ruin, there’s hope: There is no “system”, just a collection of different systems which are not joined up, are top-down and bureaucratic and fixated on process. Statutory services are ill-fitting and disempower the staff working within them. We need a better, more joined-up, integrated and holistic approach. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Hilary Cottam, social entrepreneur.“Hillary is a social entrepreneur and author of a brilliant book called Radical Help. We talk together about Principle 2: Where there's ruin,there's hope. I loved our conversation because Hilary is someone who...
2024-03-1331 minA Manifesto For HopePrinciple 2: Where there’s ruin, there’s hope, with Steve Chalke’s guest and expert witness Hilary Cottam OBE, social entrepreneur (part 1 of 2)Where there’s ruin, there’s hope: There is no “system”, just a collection of different systems which are not joined up, are top-down and bureaucratic and fixated on process. Statutory services are ill-fitting and disempower the staff working within them. We need a better, more joined-up, integrated and holistic approach. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Hilary Cottam, social entrepreneur.“Hillary is a social entrepreneur and author of a brilliant book called Radical Help. We talk together about Principle 2: Where there's ruin,there's hope. I loved our conversation because Hilary is someone who...
2024-03-1320 min
Do One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social EntrepreneurshipHilary Cottam, Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL (University College London) and author of Radical Help, on social design and rethinking our vertical post-war systemsHilary Cottam joins us to explore the field of social design and rethinking our vertical, post-war systems so as to ensure that we are not simply putting 1950s systems online, but rather are actually embracing a digital mindset with collaboration and sharing that are front and centre, being mindful that today’s challenges are vast and urgent and we need to think about them differently and rethink how we design new social systems that are fit for purpose.
So, whether you’re a policy maker, a corporate strategist or want to glean what the future of our soci...
2023-06-1228 min
The Ezra Klein ShowThe Book I Wish Every Policymaker Would ReadMy pitch for this episode is simple: Jennifer Pahlka has written one of the best policy books I’ve ever read.Pahlka served as deputy chief technology officer in the Obama White House, and she’s the founder and a former executive director of Code for America, a nonprofit that works to enhance government digital services. Over the course of her career, Pahlka has become obsessed with an area of policy that is too often ignored by policymakers: implementation. She was part of the effort to rescue HealthCare.gov in 2013 and was tapped by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2...
2023-06-061h 13
Thriving in Complexity Podcast019: Predictive Analytics and Person-Centred Approaches with Andrea DanesIn this episode of Thriving in Complexity, our guest is Andrea Danes, EY’s Global Human Services Leader, with nearly 30 years of experience in both public and private sectors with program expertise in Medicaid, Child Welfare, and other Human Services programs.Andrea shares her experience working with government leaders and communities to design and implement programs that address the specific needs of vulnerable populations. Throughout the conversation, we'll explore the challenges of navigating complex systems, the promise of predictive analytics and the importance of building strong partnerships to overcome these obstacles.Andrea emphasizes the importance of a person-centred ap...
2023-04-2448 min
Thriving in Complexity Podcast019: Predictive Analytics and Person-Centred Approaches with Andrea DanesIn this episode of Thriving in Complexity, our guest is Andrea Danes, EY’s Global Human Services Leader, with nearly 30 years of experience in both public and private sectors with program expertise in Medicaid, Child Welfare, and other Human Services programs.Andrea shares her experience working with government leaders and communities to design and implement programs that address the specific needs of vulnerable populations. Throughout the conversation, we'll explore the challenges of navigating complex systems, the promise of predictive analytics and the importance of building strong partnerships to overcome these obstacles.Andrea emphasizes the importance of a person-centred ap...
2023-04-2448 min
The King's Fund podcastReimagining the welfare state: health and community with Hilary Cottam OBEAnna Charles speaks to Hilary Cottam OBE, internationally acclaimed social entrepreneur and author of Radical Help, about the importance of building new systems that are equipped to deal with the health challenges of today, and the need to foster 'horizontal' bonds between communities and public services. Related resources Lessons from the Wigan Deal (project) A citizen-led approach to health and care: Lessons from the Wigan Deal (report) Community-led approaches to health and wellbeing (event) The pivot: changing our relationship with the health system (blog)
2023-03-3033 min
ReThinkingThe four-day work week: luxury or necessity?Why do we work five days a week? Could we be just as productive, healthier and happier by working less? And if so, how can leaders and workers successfully make the transition to a new way of working? Adam led a lively discussion of the science and practice of shorter work weeks with top experts from government, business, and academia at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The guests were Ohood Al Roumi, the UAE’s Minister of State for Government Development and the Future; Jonas Prising, CEO and Chairman of ManpowerGroup Inc.; Hilary Cottam, Social Entrepreneur at the Ce...
2022-11-2241 min
Worklife with Adam GrantThe four-day work week: luxury or necessity?Why do we work five days a week? Could we be just as productive, healthier and happier by working less? And if so, how can leaders and workers successfully make the transition to a new way of working? Adam led a lively discussion of the science and practice of shorter work weeks with top experts from government, business, and academia at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The guests were Ohood Al Roumi, the UAE’s Minister of State for Government Development and the Future; Jonas Prising, CEO and Chairman of ManpowerGroup Inc.; Hilary Cottam, Social Entrepreneur at the Ce...
2022-11-2241 min
Rathbones Look Forward PodcastThe Future of SocietyAndrea speaks to internationally acclaimed social entrepreneur Dr Hilary Cottam about the future of society. Hilary’s work in Britain and around the world has focused on solutions to some of the great social challenges of our time. Challenges such as ageing, loneliness, chronic disease, good work and inequality. In her latest book Radical Help Hilary argues that the welfare state requires dramatic reform to make it fit for the 21st century. The welfare state transformed the UK and was emulated globally - it was a brilliant innovation. So what’s gone wrong?
2022-10-2740 min
RSA EventsRethinking what good work means todayThe ways we work have seen huge changes in recent years. Technology has reformed entire sectors, remote working has become commonplace and age demographics have shifted as more people retire early or rethink their chosen careers. Such huge change means that the ways we measure good work are now outdated, with familiar notions of productivity criticised as being unfair to women and having more relevance to the industrial economy than to the knowledge economy. There is much to reflect on and much we need to understand about this new world of work. Over the past 12 mo...
2022-09-2346 min
Plus One PodcastVideo - Season 2.6 - Episode 22 - Paul Hine from ”Made by Mortals” on using theatre for positive social change
My guest on the show is Paul Hine FRSA, who is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce - granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) judges to have made outstanding achievements to social progress and development.
His LinkedIn profile describes Paul as a Theatre Maker - someone who creates theatre and associated experiences. Paul is Director of Made By Mortals, a company that bring's people's experience to life' through immersive (stuff that gets you right involved in the action) podcasts, films and musical theatre s...
2022-07-2359 minPlus One PodcastAudio - Season 2.6 - Episode 22 - Paul Hine from ”Made by Mortals” on using theatre for positive social change
My guest on the show is Paul Hine FRSA, who is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce - granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) judges to have made outstanding achievements to social progress and development.
His LinkedIn profile describes Paul as a Theatre Maker - someone who creates theatre and associated experiences. Paul is Director of Made By Mortals, a company that bring's people's experience to life' through immersive (stuff that gets you right involved in the action) podcasts, films and musical theatre s...
2022-07-2359 min
Radio DavosThe Four-Day Week: Necessity or Luxury?Why do we work five days a week? Could we be just as productive, and healthier and happier working four days? Experts from government, academia and industry debate the issue at Davos 2022. Speakers: Adam Grant, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ohood Bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future, United Arab Emirates Government Jonas Prising, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup Inc. Hilary Cottam, Social Entrepreneur, Centre for the Fifth Social Revolution ...
2022-06-2346 min
Agenda DialoguesThe Four-Day Week: Necessity or Luxury?Why do we work five days a week? Could we be just as productive, and healthier and happier working four days? Experts from government, academia and industry debate the issue at Davos 2022. Speakers: Adam Grant, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ohood Bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future, United Arab Emirates Government Jonas Prising, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ManpowerGroup Inc. Hilary Cottam, Social Entrepreneur, Centre for the Fifth Social Revolution ...
2022-06-2346 min
Cool Collaborations#37 Thea Snow – Collaboration and Reimagining GovernmentI am speaking today with Thea Snow, Director with the Centre for Public Impact for Australia and New Zealand. Thea’s worked previously as a lawyer, a civil servant, and as part of the Nesta Innovation Foundation in the United Kingdom. In our conversation today, we talk about reimagining government and the role of collaboration in that reimagining, about storytelling, sense-making, and imagining, and about complexity in systems change. I’m sure you’ll enjoy our conversation. Some links to some of the things we discuss during this episode: Thea SnowNesta – The Innovation FoundationCentre for Public ImpactBook...
2022-04-2649 min
Konsten att samverka Podcast34. Vågar vi sätta relationer högst på agendan?I det här poddavsnittet pratar vi om vikten av relationell kapacitet för att nå längre i våra organisationer och i våra samhällsfrågor.
Vi går in på vad som menas med begreppet, varför vi inte alltid pratar om relationers vikt och varför det blir viktigt att ha fokus på relationer oavsett vilket sektorsområde eller sakfråga vi arbetar med.
Samtalet spelades in sommaren 2021 då vi deltog på en konferens om ”Relationell Välfärd” som anordnades i Trondheim – digitalt. Vi spelade in det här samtalet direkt efter konferensen.
Intressanta länkar för dig som vill ve...
2022-02-0931 min
Little, Brown AudioBehind Closed Doors by Polly Curtis, read by Penelope Rawlins & Polly Curtis (Audiobook extract)A searing portrait of English society seen through the lives of families and workers in the care system.
'BRILLIANT . . . I LOVE THIS BOOK' LEMN SISSAY
'A MUST-READ BOOK' JACQUELINE WILSON
'EXTRAORDINARY' OLIVER BULLOUGH
'EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK' HILARY COTTAM
Meet the mother whose children were taken away, and the father who fought for his son. Listen to the radical social worker, the judge, the lawyer. See inside the homes of foster carers, adoptive parents and children in care. Because behind closed doors, a scandal is ongoing.
We now remove more children from their parents than ever before, more than...
2022-02-0305 min
Transforming Our FuturesNew Ideas In Health & Social CareIn this Podcast we interview Ruth Donaldson the Director of Commissioning in the North London Central Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in the NHS
They are developing some interesting and innovative ideas in how you deliver health and social care in times of increasing and complex difficulties and here we discuss some of these idea.
In doing so we look at the relational welfare model developed by Hilary Cottam in her book “Radical Help” and discuss how we can move from the top down impersonal welfare model that has been in operation since the middle of the...
2021-12-1034 min
The Lancet VoiceRethinking careHilary Cottam, author of Radical Help, joins the podcast to talk about reimagining care and the welfare state to better support the health issues faced by the modern world.Send us your feedback!Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancetCheck out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group:https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancetContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://thelancet.bsky.social/https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup
2021-12-0834 min
East Marshian ChroniclesInterview with Grimsby's own Jason Stockwood - an easy Yes!In today's episode, Jack Booth and Billy Dasein talk to Jason Stockwood, Club Chairman of Grimsby Town Football Club and so much more.We set a high bar with our opening question and the conversation then ranges across kibbutzim and DisneyWorld, how work really works for people and organisations (spoiler: trust people), a brief discussion of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the barriers of language and how Covid has prompted a radically shifting world-view towards the unjust postcode lottery of austerity and poverty. Above all, what comes out often is that it's all about relationships, compassion, love and cre...
2021-11-1641 min
The Power House Podcast#3 Those who do not suffer, do not learnToday we followed the theme of abstract analysis through some very practical problems. We talked about careerism in science, about how hard it is for Governments to learn from their mistakes and how an excess of experts can lead us astray. We also looked at practical positive steps, which are simple to implement and how we can clean up our lives by kicking out ideas that do not help us.
Check out the book mentioned: Hilary Cottam - Radical Help. Click here.
Visit The Power House webpage for more information about our...
2021-10-2741 min
Human CenteredWhat Does Human Flourishing Look Like?Jenna BednarHilary CottamJames ManyikaGillian TettSuggested Readings“Governance for Human Flourishing”“The Social Contract in the 21st Century”“Welfare 5.0: Why We Need a Social Revolution and How to Make it Happen”Vist CASBS online@casbsstanford on Twitter
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube |LinkedIn | podcast |latest newsletter | signup | outreachHuman CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |
2021-06-251h 00
Social Work SpotlightEpisode 31: FelicityIn this episode I speak with Felicity, who in addition to social work, has trained in art therapy and education, psychotherapy and corrective services. She worked in the prison system for 18 years supporting inmates and running groups and workshops. She now works as a teacher of Community Services, Ageing & Disability & Community Arts & Cultural Development at TAFE, supporting a combination of high school students and adults, providing training for those wanting to work in community settings, or looking for a pathway to university studies.Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:Milk Cr...
2021-05-2857 min
New ConstellationsHilary Cottam: the future is hiding under a pebbleHilary is a gifted maker and a thinker, blessed with a formidable mind, deep heart and fierce passion. She thinks to make, and makes to think, and her craft is helping communities design their own solutions to the challenges they face. When Hilary works with people for the first time, she asks them to draw maps of their lives. Every map is a zig-zag. Our lives, she says, are ones of constant transition but all our systems see us climbing up long straight ladders. Hilary birthed the concept of ‘Radical Help’ to build a future in which people can live...
2021-03-3027 min
Nouveau DépartMettons du design dans nos services publicsChaque lundi nous vous envoyons à la fois un “Édito”, une interview avec un·e invité·e passionnant·e (francophone ou non) et quelques informations pour mettre la semaine à venir en perspective et rappeler les contenus mis en ligne la semaine précédente.À l’agenda aujourd’hui 👇* Mon “Édito” sur le design dans les services publics 👆* Hilary Cottam sur la réinvention du contrat social* Nos conversations à venir cette semaine* Ce que vous avez peut-être manqué la semaine dernièreLa gestion de cette pandémie montre à quel point notre système de...
2021-02-1504 min
Nouveau DépartComment réinventer notre contrat social ?Bonjour à tous ! Cette édition vous donne accès en exclusivité à la traduction en français de la conversation que j’ai eue il y a peu avec Hilary Cottam, l’autrice du livre Radical Help: How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us & Revolutionise the Welfare State (2018), dont la lecture a profondément influencé ma propre réflexion sur l’avenir du travail (j’ai cité son ouvrage abondamment dans mon livre Du labeur à l’ouvrage en 2019). Nous nous sommes rencontrées à Londres cette année-là et sommes restées en contact depuis.Comment soutenir les travailleurs au XXIe siècle ? Quelles fo...
2021-02-1049 min
Transforming Our FuturesRadical Help - A New Approach To The Welfare StateIn this Podcast we explore with Hilary Cottam the ideas of changing the welfare state
The welfare state was revolutionary: it lifted thousands out of poverty, provided decent homes, good education and security. But it is out of kilter now: an elaborate and expensive system of managing needs and risks. Today we face new challenges. Our resources have changed.
We must work with individuals, families and communities to grow the core capabilities we all need to flourish. Radical Help describes the principles behind the approach, the design process that makes the work possible and the...
2021-02-0431 min
European StraitsThe New Welfare State w/ Hilary Cottam. Remote Work. Strategy. GameStop. Jim Simons.The Agenda 👇Hilary Cottam’s inspiring map for reinventing the welfare state 🎧My latest column in Sifted: remote work as the new frontier on the labor marketWhat quant investor Jim Simons reveals about capitalism on financial marketsMy take on GameStop, and how the little guys took on large hedge fundsLessons shared by my friend Ben Robinson on business strategyWhy Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm still matters for startup founders🎧 The most recent Building Bridges podcast is out, featuring Hilary Cottam, author of Radical He...
2021-02-0349 min
Building BridgesWhat We Need to Flourish in this CenturyFor this new episode of the Building Bridges podcast, I’m so pleased to share the conversation I had with Hilary Cottam, an author and social entrepreneur whose ideas about reinventing the welfare state everybody should hear. Relationships should always come first, and we should design every social service around that. I met Hilary in London a little over two years ago. Before meeting her I had been very impressed by her TED talk “Social Services are broken. How we can fix them” (and so I was intimidated to meet her in person!). Then I read her amazin...
2021-01-2949 minRSA EventsBritain in 2021: new year, new hopeSocieties showed remarkable resilience and adaptability in 2020: in the face of public health crisis, political polarisation, and economic insecurity, we witnessed extraordinary examples of community solidarity and social innovation.And yet deep uncertainties and challenges lie in wait in the year ahead. To meet these challenges, we need to strengthen the ties that bind us. To reimagine and renew our social contract. To build stronger, more resilient communities, from the ground up.As we look for sources of inspiration and optimism, what lessons can be learnt from the way individuals and communities have navigated past...
2021-01-1548 min
European StraitsFeminist Cities w/ Leslie Kern. America. Rebooting Businesses. Construction.The Agenda 👇Launching a podcast with Laetitia Vitaud. This week’s guest: Leslie Kern 🎧Software will eat construction, too—one dayTurning incumbents into tech companiesThe main difference between Europe and AmericaAnd no, it’s not about more or less regulationThe Family Affairs feat. Mathias PastorMy podcast conversation with Mehdi Yacoubi🎙 As I announced last week, my wife Laetitia Vitaud and I have decided to launch an English-speaking podcast series together and to syndicate it across a network of newsletters. That includes B...
2020-10-2856 min
Nesta UKCreating a new social settlement with Hilary CottamHow do we fix our welfare state? Ravi talks to innovator, social entrepreneur and author of Radical Help, Hilary Cottam, about where the current system falls short and how it could be redesigned for the future.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Robin Murray Living Library can be found here: https://robinmurray.co.uk/the-living-library
Radical Help is available here: https://www.hilarycottam.com/radical-help/
2020-10-2747 min
The MissionCreating a new social settlement with Hilary CottamHow do we fix our welfare state? Ravi talks to innovator, social entrepreneur and author of Radical Help, Hilary Cottam, about where the current system falls short and how it could be redesigned for the future. Mentioned in this episode: The Robin Murray Living Library can be found here: https://robinmurray.co.uk/the-living-library Radical Help is available here: https://www.hilarycottam.com/radical-help/
2020-10-2747 min
Nouveau Départ🌐 Tout sur Nouveau Départ (1/2)Cette semaine et la semaine prochaine, nous faisons une pause dans notre format habituel de l’interview du mercredi car Nouveau Départ fête ses 6 mois d’existence 🎂 🎁 À cette occasion, à partir d’aujourd’hui et jusqu’à la semaine prochaine, nous vous proposons un tarif exceptionnel pour l’abonnement annuel à Nouveau Départ. Profitez vite de notre offre spéciale “6 mois de Nouveau Départ” à -25% : l’abonnement annuel vous est proposé cette semaine à 112,50€/an, au lieu de 150€/an 🎉Par ailleurs, aujourd’hui puis mercredi prochain, nous vous proposons deux interviews croisées : cette semaine, j’interviewe Laetitia à propos de Nouveau Dépa...
2020-10-2154 min
Hay Festival PodcastS2, Ep10 The Future of EuropeFive inspiring women writers Elif Shafak, Leila Slimani, Kapka Kassabova, Janne Teller and Hilary Cottam offer their visions for the future of Europe on the event of our digital Hay Festival Europa28.
The Hay Festival Podcast is supported by Baillie Gifford Investment Managers. Full-length Festival events can be watched over at hayfestival.org/hayplayer. Contact us at publicity@hayfestival.org or on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @hayfestival.
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2020-09-1700 min
RSA ConversationsHilary CottamGlobal crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses. In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for one big idea to help build effective bridges to our new future. Hilary Cottam is an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL. She's the author of Radical Help: How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state. Produced by Crai...
2020-07-2929 min
Azeem Azhar's Exponential ViewSeason 4 Finale: Azeem’s Favorite Episodes and Trends to WatchAs we wrap up the season and head off to a short summer break, Azeem Azhar reflects on what he learned from his conversations with technology and business leaders like Microsoft’s Brad Smith, social activist Hilary Cottam, and historian David Runciman. Plus, he shares the trends he will keep his eye on across the summer. We’ll be back with Season 5 this fall.
Further reading:
“The Three Cleavages: Shaping the Post-Pandemic Order” (Exponential View, 2020)
“Preparing for 2020” (Exponential View, 2020)
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2020-07-0104 min
The Great ResetThe Great Reset: Redesigning Social Contracts in CrisisIn the latest Great Reset dialogue, John Kerry, Jan Vapaavuori, Hilary Cottam, Mohammad Jaafar, Bob Moritz, Geraldine Matchett, Phillip Atiba Goff, Saadia Zahidi and Borge Brende discuss how to rebuild the 'social contract' in a world where millions of people have lost their jobs and faith in democracy is under extreme pressure.
2020-06-2625 min
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass PodcastDesigning a Better Britain - with Hilary Cottam | Ep.6Hilary Cottam is many things: a designer, progressive thinker, acclaimed author and social entrepreneur to name a few. Her latest book Radical Help was described by the Guardian as "a publication that would transform Britain". Through it she explores the new forms of thinking, working and organising we need to navigate the twin challenges of climate change and technology driven socio-economic change.This week, we welcome Hilary to discuss just that. "It's Bloody Complicated" is recorded every Tuesday at 6pm GMT. Become a Compass Member to join our live recordings and bring your...
2020-05-0155 min
Azeem Azhar's Exponential ViewWelfare in the Exponential AgeExisting social institutions are not adequate to meet the challenges of the exponential age. Social entrepreneur and author, Hilary Cottam, proposes a radical overhaul of the welfare system. In discussion with Azeem Azhar, she also argues that we must reject the old economic model for humanity, Homo econonomicus (guided by ration to maximize economic gains), and embrace Sapiens integra, a new theoretical human with stronger connections to nature and other humans.
In this conversation, they discuss:
The New Industrialists and their role in the social revolution.
How a switch from the mindset of efficiency to the...
2020-03-1134 min
Immerse Yourself In Into A Best-Selling Full Audiobook Between Meetings.Radical Help by Hilary CottamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/225435to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Radical Help
Author: Hilary Cottam
Narrator: Hilary Cottam
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
Release date: 01-31-20
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Social
Publisher's Summary:
The welfare state was revolutionary: it lifted thousands out of poverty and provided decent homes, good education and security. But it is out of kilter now: an elaborate and expensive system of managing needs and risks. Today we face new challenges. Our resources have changed. Hilary Cottam takes us through five 'experiments' to show us a new design. We start on a...
2020-01-319h 06
How To Academy PodcastHilary Cottam - How to Revolutionise the Welfare StateImitated and envied across the globe, the British welfare state was once revolutionary. But in 2020, our society faces urgent challenges that can only be solved with new and highly innovative solutions. In this week's podcast, social designer and WEF Young Global Leader Dr. Hilary Cottam meets Matthew Stadlen to reveal her vision of a system that puts human connection first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-01-1338 min
Social Impact PioneersHilary Cottam, Innovator and Social EntrepreneurKatie Hyson, Director of Thought Leadership at Business Fights Poverty interviews Hilary Cottam.
From a Guerrilla army in Ethiopia to leading welfare social entrepreneur – Hilary Cottam joins our podcast to share her wisdom.
Hilary’s career may be varied, but her understanding of the welfare reform challenge is far-reaching. During this podcast Hilary explains the problems facing modern society and the mounting challenges of reducing poverty. An estimated 14.2 million people live in poverty in the UK today, and this number is growing. Hilary shares the ugly truth that these large numbers include many people in work within the private sector.
Hila...
2019-11-0616 min
The Clock and the CatTurning the purpose of management upside-downSelected quotes“The idea of complexity helped us explain why outcome based performance management [is failing]” - 3:09“Outcome based performance management … and New Public Management … is conceptually flawed” - 6:21“We needed a new paradigm” - 6:41“You’ve got a crackpot idea about doing something fundamentally different. How do you persuade people to pay you to do it?” - 7:15“Is it ok to talk about complexity?” - 10:02“When we first started out on this path, people explicitly told us not to use the language of complexity because it was off-putting” - 10:48...
2019-11-0427 min
Arts & IdeasIs the Law keeping up with our changing world?A panel of researchers share insights into the law and warfare, gender and AI & Anne McElvoy talks to David Brooks and Hilary Cottam about compassion and creating communities.Part of a week long focus Free Thinking the Future. You can find more interviews and discussions to download and catch up with on the playlist on our website
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zwn4dBest selling US author and columnist David Brooks has just published The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. You can hear him talking to Rana Mitter about...
2019-06-0546 min
Rathbones Look forwardThe future of societySocial entrepreneur Hilary Cottam discusses collaborative and affordable solutions to some of the greatest social challenges of our time: challenges such as ageing, loneliness, chronic disease, good work and inequality.
2019-05-2940 minRathbones Look Forward PodcastThe future of societyAndrea speaks to internationally acclaimed social entrepreneur Dr Hilary Cottam about the future of society. Hilary’s work in Britain and around the world has focused on solutions to some of the great social challenges of our time. Challenges such as ageing, loneliness, chronic disease, good work and inequality. In her latest book Radical Help Hilary argues that the welfare state requires dramatic reform to make it fit for the 21st century. The welfare state transformed the UK and was emulated globally - it was a brilliant innovation. So what’s gone wrong?
You can buy Hilary Cottam's 'Radical Help' here...
2019-05-2340 min
Between the Lines8: Radical Help – Hilary CottamIn this episode of --between the lines-- IDS researcher, Richard Longhurst, speaks to Hilary Cottam about her book: 'Radical Help: how we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state.'Radical Help is about new ways of organising living and growing that have been developed with communities across Britain. Hilary argues that our 20th century system is beyond reform and suggests a new model for this century: ways of supporting the young and the old, those who are unwell and those who seek good work. At the heart of this new way of...
2019-05-0130 min
Ratio TalksHilary Cottam on Radical HelpHilary Cottam’s book Radical Help: How We Can Remake the Relationships Between Us and Revolutionise the Welfare State offers a vision rooted in human connection. Cottam was talking about and experimenting with relational ways of working long before its potential was taken seriously by public policy experts. The work provides the foundation for a new settlement between state and civil society.
Find out more:
https://www.hilarycottam.com
https://www.ted.com/talkshilary_cottam_social_services_are_broken_how_we_can_fix_them?language=en
2018-09-2900 min
Reasons Revisited48. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: remaking our welfare stateHello! This week we ventured to Lunar festival and spoke to Hilary Cottam about the welfare state. Her new book Radical Help looks at a how the whole system could be re-designed to better support everyone in society.ANDComedian Bethany Black asks the Geoffocracy for a Pokestop, no more drinking on public transport and for men to require at least two women as chaperones if they're out past 9pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-08-2047 min
RSA EventsRadical HelpInternationally acclaimed social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam shows how we can remake the relationships between us, and revolutionise the welfare state.
Sharing her vision at the RSA, Hilary Cottam is joined in conversation by award-winning journalist Gary Younge to explore the principles behind this radically new approach, the design process that makes the work possible and the challenges of transition.
This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 7th June 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/06/radical-help
2018-06-0857 min
RSA EventsMaking Change HappenThis event was recorded live at The RSA on Wednesday 18th October 2017
The 2017 Albert Medal is awarded posthumously to Robin Murray for pioneering work in social innovation. Robin Murray was a visionary social and economic thinker, whose life’s work was guided by a profound commitment to mutuality and cooperation.
As an industrial and environmental economist, Murray was active and influential across several fields, from cooperatives to energy system innovation. He was deeply committed to a democratic, creative and collaborative response to economic and technological change and developed pioneering economic programmes in local, regional and na...
2017-10-1959 min
TEDTalks 社会与文化社会福利体系已经崩溃，我们应如何拯救它。 | Hilary Cottam当一个家庭陷入危机时——由于失业、毒品、关系紧张甚至是运气不好，这事时常发生——社会福利机构应该介入并帮助他们走回正轨。正如希拉里·科塔姆所说，在英国，一个陷入危机的典型家庭有资格得到超过70家不同机构的帮助，但任何一家似乎都无法完全解决问题。作为一名社工，科塔姆呼吁我们思考解决深刻而复杂的社会问题的方法。我们如何在需要帮助的人和提供帮助的人之间建立一种相互支持、充满温暖的关系。Translated by Alvin LeeReviewed by Lena Fu
2015-10-2616 min
Highway 89Dido and Aeneas: Westminster CollegeThe first performance of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” was at a girl’s school in 1688. Although the opera takes little more than an hour to perform, it’s largely considered to be one of the finest English operas written before the 20th century, and it’s an important milestone in operatic history. “Dido and Aeneas” is a tragic love story complete with hopes, heroes, and heartbreak.
Westminster College has visited us today to share selections from their upcoming production of “Dido and Aeneas.” This is their first fully staged opera, and Michael Chipman’s (head of the voice program) directorial de...
2013-01-0942 min
Four ThoughtHilary Cottam: Redesigning WelfareLeadership coach Hilary Cottam, co-founder of Participle, unfolds her vision for re-designing the welfare state with participation, not passivity, at its core. She tells the story of families whose lives have been transformed though their own involvement in making decisions about the help being provided for them.Four Thought is a series of talks which combine thought provoking ideas and engaging storytelling. Recorded live in front of an audience at the RSA in London, speakers take to the stage to air their latest thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect...
2011-07-2014 min