Nesta - The UK's Innovation Agency 101d ago

In this clip from Policy Fix, Andrew Greenway, partner and founder of A Bit Digital, makes a striking observation about the British state: the government hasn't built the muscle to be genuinely responsive. And when it has managed it, during crises like Covid, it only succeeded by quietly subverting the very rules it normally imposes on itself. It's a provocative insight that cuts to the heart of why Whitehall so often struggles to move at the pace modern challenges demand. If crisis mode requires bypassing the system, what does that say about the system itself? This is an excerpt from Episode 2 of the Policy Fix, the podcast from Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. Host Joe Owen is joined by Jill Rutter (Institute for Government) and Andrew Greenway (A Bit Digital) to dig into why successive UK governments have struggled to deliver and what it would actually take to fix it. 🎙️ Subscribe to the Policy Fix wherever you get your podcasts. #PolicyFix #Nesta #podcast #shorts We are a UK charity and our work is enabled by a financial endowment. Nesta is a registered charity in England and Wales 1144091 and Scotland SC042833. To find out more or connect with us, check out our website and socials: Website: nesta.org.uk Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/nestauk.bsky.social Facebook: facebook.com/nesta.uk Instagram: instagram.com/nesta_uk/?hl=en LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/nesta