Keynotes and other sessions from the MRS Annual Conference 2011

Judie Lannon

This report from the MRS Annual Conference 2011 covers keynote speeches from Tim Harwood, the economist, on solving problems; author and thinker Charles Leadbeater on social systems; the journalist Will Hutton on uneven wealth; and Magnus Lindkvist, the futurologist, on incremental change.

Keynotes and other sessions from the MRS Annual Conference 2011

Judie Lannon

The MRS Annual Conference 2011 was marked by four particularly stimulating keynote speeches, along with an eclectic range of papers, panels, and workshops dealing with the current issues in market research.

Solving impossible problems: Tim Harwood, economist and Financial Times columnist

The world is a much more complicated place than we are prepared to acknowledge, Tim Harwood claimed in a keynote speech, and we should beware the judgements of experts trying to explain, predict or offer solutions.

Experts are almost always wrong, demonstrated by numerous examples...

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