to your notion of how a mission economy would work. and i would put it to you there is a desperate lack of trust and faith in governance. absolutely, but that s why the book doesn t stop at the notion of moonshot submissions, it then looks at the metrics. like, what s the accountability that should be in place to make sure our governments and different types of public institutions are actually working for people? so look at the bbc, where we re sitting today. inside the bbc is a metric and a concept of public value, which is really, really interesting. it actually guides the bbc in what it does. we don t have equivalent metrics of public value or public purpose in many public organisations. so the bigger question and this is why i ve set up a whole institute at university college about this if public purpose is the goal, if we have missions that are societal in nature, you know, around the sustainable development goals, what are the metrics we need that go beyond cost benefit analy
the bbc in what it does. we don t have equivalent metrics of public value or public purpose in many public organisations. so the bigger question, and this is why i ve set up a whole institute at university college about this, if public purpose is the goal, if we have missions that are societal in nature, you know, around the sustainable development goals, what are the metrics we need that go beyond cost benefit analysis, net present value, that actually capture these dynamic spill overs across the economy that the moon landing had.? but how does the state itself like, we need to hold it accountable, and if you don t do that, you get weak states, which then, in their work with the private sector, can become easily captured because itjust becomes about being business friendly. we re almost out of time. i want to end by asking you, do you think we are heading in the right direction? not long ago, i had john kerry sitting in that chair, the special us representative on climate change. he
economy would work. and i would put it to you there is a desperate lack of trust and faith in governance. absolutely, but that s why the book doesn t stop at the notion of moonshot submissions, it then looks at the metrics. like, what s the accountability that should be in place to make sure our governments and different types of public institutions are actually working for people? so look at the bbc, where we re sitting today. inside the bbc is a metric and a concept of public value, which is really, really interesting. it actually guides the bbc in what it does. we don t have equivalent metrics of public value or public purpose in many public organisations. so the bigger question and this is why i ve set up a whole institute at university college about this if public purpose is the goal, if we have missions that are societal in nature, you know, around the sustainable development goals, what are the metrics we need that go beyond cost benefit analysis, net present value, that act
reality perhaps clashing with some of your more idealistic visions, earthly reality today is that across the world, in democracies and maybe in the not so democratic countries, what we see are rising, alarming levels of mistrust in government, in officialdom, in the people who rule over our lives. there is deep scepticism. covid perhaps has brought that out once again. trust and faith are central to your notion of how a mission economy would work. and i would put it to you there is a desperate lack of trust and faith in governance. absolutely, but that s why the book doesn t stop at the notion of moonshot submissions, it then looks at the metrics. like, what s the accountability that should be in place to make sure our governments and different types of public institutions are actually working for people? so look at the bbc, where we re sitting today. inside the bbc is a metric and a concept of public value, which is really, really interesting. it actually guides the bbc in what it doe
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