Great to be at the @ipprscotland.bsky.social conference this morning. @sarahdavidson.bsky.social from Carnegie UK outlined some options for Scotland to change the record about the fiscal challenges Scotland faces.

📢 New report | Our 2025 #LifeInTheUK research shows that the wellbeing of people across the UK has not improved over the past year. Find out more: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

📊 How are people across the UK really doing? Join us on Tue 28 Oct, 10-11am to hear Susan Pinkney present our latest Life in the UK findings with reflections from @graceblakeley.substack.com. carnegieuk.org/event/how-is...

We’ve published three new reports today which offer insights into how our public finance systems could be reimagined to create fairer systems, rebuild trust & put collective wellbeing at the heart of decision making. Find out more: carnegieuk.org/programmes/f...

From New Zealand to South Korea, governments are testing new ways to align budgets with wellbeing. In this 10 minute video, Dr Cressida Gaukroger and @sarahdavidson.bsky.social discuss the key themes from our new report on budgeting for wellbeing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtdP...

"The privilege of days like yesterday is the space they offer to be challenged; to reflect; to hear what other people are up to; to articulate your own thinking." @sarahdavidson.bsky.social shares reflections from the #CommunityWealthBuilding Summit in our new blog: carnegieuk.org/blog/strengt...

New blog from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social for @pbe.co.uk on why wellbeing must drive government decisions ⬇️

Following last week's Spending Review, read an article by our CEO @sarahdavidson.bsky.social in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social making the case for a new way to measure progress in the UK: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

📢"There must be less focus on the money going in and more on the difference being made..." Read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social on measuring progress in the UK in Civil Service World: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

Yesterday the Scottish Government published their Public Service Reform Strategy. Our chief executive @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, a member of the Public Service Reform board, welcomed the publication but argued that this can't be the end of the story: lnkd.in/eKnNE4vm

The 2025 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy ceremony took place this afternoon at The Signet Library in Edinburgh! A huge congratulations to our seven recipients whose generosity and leadership embody Andrew Carnegie’s legacy of using philanthropy to drive meaningful change.

Day 1 - last session of my day: ‘From Utopian Ideal to Economic Imperative’. Excellent session with contributions from @mattwhittaker.bsky.social & @sarahdavidson.bsky.social. Leaders of two excellent orgs contributing to the #Wellbeing economy research landscape.

Pick up a copy of the Yorkshire Post this morning to read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social argue that devolution in England offers an opportunity to restore trust in politics, but only if it change how as well as where decisions are made

NEW BLOG | 🎂 Is it appropriate to wish the NI Executive a Happy Birthday? @sarahdavidson.bsky.social reflects on 12 months of power-sharing at Stormont & the importance of the wellbeing approach in the draft Programme for Government. carnegieuk.org/blog/one-ful...

Our chief executive @sarahdavidson.bsky.social and senior policy advocate @hannahpaylor.bsky.social were pleased to meet NI Executive Junior Ministers Aisling Reilly and Pam Cameron in Belfast today. Read the NI breakdown of our Life in the UK Index: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

Want to know more about our live tenders? 🔵 Budgeting for Wellbeing: carnegieuk.org/publication/... 🔵 Stakeholder Survey and Interviews: carnegieuk.org/publication/... We’re always happy to have a chat so reach out if you have any questions about any of these opportunities.

We’ve started 2025 with lots of exciting opportunities! 🎉 Hear all about them in our new video from Adam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvZ... Interested in our vacancies? All the information you need to apply is here: carnegieuk.org/work-with-us/

Not one but TWO new senior research roles have opened up @carnegieuk.bsky.social Are you a proven researcher who wants to work at the interface between data, research, public policy and practice? Research and Insight: https://buff.ly/40wnmml Data and Insight: https://buff.ly/40xXHK7

Our first ever jobs post on @bsky.app - will the 🦋 lead us to our new research colleagues in 2025? Please read, get in touch, share…

“Debate could do with less of a myopic focus on GDP…” Letter to the @financialtimes.com from @sarahdavidson.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/8525...

Very lucky to be in my own bed tonight. Love this tradition though, and delighted to have found it too has migrated. gofund.me/b46809ec

Particular thanks to @timhayward.bsky.social @financialtimes.com this advent for the concept of the “small, surgical strike martini”. Chapeau.🍸

And you can check out this article by @sarahdavidson.bsky.social where she argues that @johnswinney.bsky.social and @kateforbes.bsky.social could put the NPF at the centre of their approach to government: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

📢”…the prime minister and his team are right to try to paint a picture of better lives in an improved country.” Read @sarahdavidson.bsky.social ‘s new letter in @theguardian.com making the case for a systematic approach to tackling our biggest problems: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This 👇🏻 - couldn’t agree more about team design and the fact that we really, really don’t need any more heroes who don’t have time (or inclination) to understand the system dynamics at play.

The PM threatens Whitehall with “the heavy thud of a gauntlet being thrown down”. 🤨 More usefully, he and the new Cabinet Secretary might study the evidence about what really works to embed mission or outcome-led government. I’ve written about that here: carnegieuk.org/publication/...

This week on #UofGSpotlight podcast we discuss Mission-Led Government. @kezdugdale.bsky.social, @sarahdavidson.bsky.social, @ianelliott.bsky.social explore how the government can deliver on this and learn from public administration reforms in Scotland and Wales. Listen: www.uofgspotlight.com 1/2

Unsurprisingly, I have views on “mission-led government”. Grateful to @uofgpolicy.bsky.social and @carnegieuk.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to air them.

This is something we've been planning towards for ages and it's great to see it out in the world. An opportunity to give even more life to our lovely 2021 visual brand by Red Pencil. Props to the whole team for making it happen. 👏

I was at the @oecdocde.bsky.social World Wellbeing Forum in Rome a few weeks ago. I’ve gone back to my copious notes and tried to draw out the key points worth sharing more widely. Lots to think on…

Flatlining Northern Irish wellbeing is real challenge for Executive: sluggerotoole.com/2024/11/21/f... @sarahdavidson.bsky.social writes for @sluggerotoolepols.bsky.social about the NI results of our Life in the UK Index

My brilliant colleague @rosielockwood.bsky.social has compiled this starter pack of women working in policy, politics, research and media in Scotland - enjoy!

En route to Belfast this morning for the launch of @carnegieuk.bsky.social #LifeInTheUK Index findings. The data highlights the scale of the policy challenge facing the Executive, but we’re encouraged by the overall approach in the draft PfG and its underpinning wellbeing framework.

Encouraging to read about the new metrics of social progress being developed to rival GDP: www.theguardian.com/business/202... @phillipinman.bsky.social