Whitehall Monitor 2025 from the Institute for Government
Thoughtful review of the new government’s ambitions and what will need to change to support delivery
SORP
A new SORP is coming, here are five great tips on getting ready. Definitely one to share with your finance committee.
1. Analyse lease commitments
2. Assess revenue streams and contracts
3. Strengthen financial reporting processes
4. Engage early with professional adviser
5. Stay informed and participate in the consultation
Use this flowchart to make tough decisions easier
Some useful insights into decision making.
Every decision you make will be imperfect, so how you make decisions matters more than what you decide — you’ll learn more by committing to something and seeing how it feels than sitting in a quiet room trying to assess everything perfectly.
Human Intelligence
Fascinating new series from Radio 4 with novelist Naomi Alderman
Affective Forecasting
Affective forecasting, also known as hedonic forecasting, refers to predictions of how we will feel about future emotional events.
Spectres: The cinema of Jacques Rivette
A great season to catch at the ICA.
From the day of his arrival in Paris from Rouen in 1949, curiosity, its mysteries, and the actions and coincidences it can produce, have to some degree been the divining light of Jacques Rivette’s cinema.