Why the UK needs a new commission for growth and productivity: Could a revamped Industrial Strategy Council be the answer? ⁦The Productivity Institute⁩ ⁦Programme on Innovation and Diffusion⁩ ⁦Anna Valero⁩ ⁦Andy Westwood⁩ productivity.ac.uk/news/why-the-u…

This is a great role if you are interested in researching the broad-based effects of #AI on the economy, business and society, including through the lens of #ResponsibleAI . Also opportunities to collaborate with many in Alliance MBS and The Productivity Institute

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Read Catherine Mann's latest work, 'UK Business Investment: Economists, Managers, Financiers' 🔓

'UK business #investment has underperformed... while this is not a uniquely British problem, the UK does appear to face more headwinds' 📉👇

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What is the best thing government can do to help improve business productivity?
Bart van Ark is joined by stephen roper, Tera Allas & Jane Galsworthy for this ep. of Productivity Puzzles: podfollow.com/1567204500/epi…
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Great to see Tera Allas, Catherine Mann and Tony Venables appointed by Alliance MBS as Honorary Professors. We need all help we can get to make #productivity work for everyone. Their work will be of immense value to the The Productivity Institute community. Tera Allas
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Managing Director of The Productivity Institute Bart van Ark joins the #ProsperForum24 line up discussing sustainable growth generation.

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Agree with Richard Jones that Rachel Reeves Mais Lecture sets out new directions for #science and #innovation policy that require bigger #institutional changes than is broadly understood, especially to drive #knowledge diffusion across the economy. The Productivity Institute

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It was a pleasure to chair this session and see opportunities and risks of #AI discussed in a balanced way. Also happy to quote former President Nick Crafts who said it is fine to agree that we don’t know the size of the prize, as productivity effects will take time to emerge.

Nice summary by ⁦Anna Valero⁩ on why a new #Growth and #Productivity institution should not just be another quango: Independent, Statutory,
Long-term expertise, Coordination, Trade-offs, Credibility + Longevity. ⁦The Productivity Institute⁩ ⁦Programme on Innovation and Diffusion⁩ #RES2024

A good resilient economic strategy for the UK needs to understand synergies over the long-run and trade-offs in the short term, argues Anna Valero.

A possible role for a Productivity and Growth body as called for by The Productivity Institute?

Book your place for Royal Economic Society's #RES2024 conference at Queen's University Belfast 🎓! Our Managing Director Bart van Ark will be chairing a session about industrial strategy and productivity growth at the conference on Monday 25 March.

My Sunday Times piece today is on a new Productivity Institute/NIESR report which argues that enhancing the UK’s digital capacity should be an investment priority. It also mentions The Golden Shot:

Why GDP fails to measure the UK’s digital transformation

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A new season of #ProductivityPuzzles podcasts by The Productivity Institute. Nice start with John Van Reenen Rebecca Riley and Javier Miranda. We see too little churn with productive companies growing and unproductive companies failing. But how much turbulence do we need? And what kind of?

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How to make  #government  more productive to protect  #publicservices  when budgets are tight, with Bart van Ark of The Productivity Institute

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Can AI help solve the UK’s public sector productivity puzzle? Bart van Ark and Diane Coyle are both cited in this City A.M. article, where they discuss the potential for AI and digitalisation to be gamechangers for public sector productivity. cityam.com/can-ai-help-so…

Paul Fisher ⁦King's College London⁩ presenting #UKProductivityCommission report arguing needs to improve governance and strategy associated with large #investment projects. ⁦National Institute of Economic and Social Research⁩ ⁦The Productivity Institute⁩

⁦Catherine L Mann⁩ presenting a #UKProductivityCommission report connecting the economist, investor and manager perspectives on #investment and #productivity . ⁦National Institute of Economic and Social Research⁩ ⁦The Productivity Institute⁩

Investigating Police Productivity: A Literature Review The Productivity Institute just published this survey of literature on Policing Productivity as a background study for Policing Productivity Review gov.uk/government/pub…. productivity.ac.uk/research/inves…

Public sector can raise #productivity but it should not be pushed over the edge. Spoke about Chancellor's productivity plans on Wake Up To Money on BBC Radio 5 Live. Listen 36:40 minutes in: lnkd.in/epBqvr7c. Or read short article here: linkedin.com/pulse/public-s… The Productivity Institute