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His book, ''We-think'', explores the new phenomenon of mass creativity exemplified by web sites such as [[YouTube]], Wikipedia and [[MySpace]]. The book, which in a preliminary version is open to public criticism and revision, argues that participation, rather than consumption or production, will be the key organizing idea of future society.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
His book, ''We-think'', explores the new phenomenon of mass creativity exemplified by web sites such as [[YouTube]], Wikipedia and [[MySpace]]. The book, which in a preliminary version is open to public criticism and revision, argues that participation, rather than consumption or production, will be the key organizing idea of future society.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}


In September 2010 Leadbeater opened the [[Incubate (festival)]], in [[Tilburg]], [[The Netherlands]]. In a 2014 report for the think tank [[Centre for London]], Leadbeater coined the term '[[Endies]]' (short for 'Employed but with No Disposable Income or Savings'), to refer to the growing number of households in London struggling on modest incomes in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Leadbeater|first1=Charles|last2=Wilson|first2=Brell|last3=Theseira|first3=Margarethe|title=Hollow Promise: How London Fails People On Modest Incomes and What Should Be Done About It|url=http://centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CFL-Hollow-Promise-Report.pdf|website=Centre for London|publisher=Centre for London|accessdate=25 August 2015}}</ref>
In September 2010 Leadbeater opened the [[Incubate (festival)]], in [[Tilburg]], [[The Netherlands]]. In a 2014 report for the think tank [[Centre for London]], Leadbeater coined the term '[[Endies]]' (short for 'Employed but with No Disposable Income or Savings'), to refer to the growing number of households in London struggling on modest incomes in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Leadbeater|first1=Charles|last2=Wilson|first2=Brell|last3=Theseira|first3=Margarethe|title=Hollow Promise: How London Fails People On Modest Incomes and What Should Be Done About It|url=http://centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CFL-Hollow-Promise-Report.pdf|website=Centre for London|publisher=Centre for London|accessdate=25 August 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121745/http://centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CFL-Hollow-Promise-Report.pdf|archivedate=6 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Works==
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* [http://watershed.co.uk/opencity/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Charles-Leadbeater_Hospitable-City-May-2012.pdf The Hospitable City]
* [http://watershed.co.uk/opencity/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Charles-Leadbeater_Hospitable-City-May-2012.pdf The Hospitable City]
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* [http://centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CFL-Hollow-Promise-Report.pdf Hollow Promise: How London Fails People on Modest Incomes And What Should Be Done About It]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121745/http://centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CFL-Hollow-Promise-Report.pdf Hollow Promise: How London Fails People on Modest Incomes And What Should Be Done About It]


===''Marxism Today''===
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==References==
==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309041913/http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000026310,00.html Charles Leadbeater biography] at [[Penguin Books]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309041913/http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0%2C%2C1000026310%2C00.html Charles Leadbeater biography] at [[Penguin Books]]


== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531092746/http://www.charlesleadbeater.net:80/home.aspx Charles Leadbeater's home page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531092746/http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/home.aspx Charles Leadbeater's home page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218220153/http://www.receiver.vodafone.com:80/19-we-think "Welcome to We-Think" article in vodafone-receiver magazine nr.19]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218220153/http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/19-we-think "Welcome to We-Think" article in vodafone-receiver magazine nr.19]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208161939/http://www.wethinkthebook.net:80/home.aspx Home page of ''We-think'' including a pre-release draft, the final drafts of the first three chapters and some background material]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208161939/http://www.wethinkthebook.net/home.aspx Home page of ''We-think'' including a pre-release draft, the final drafts of the first three chapters and some background material]
* {{TED speaker}}
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** [http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation "The era of open innovation" (TEDGlobal 2005)]
** [http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation "The era of open innovation" (TEDGlobal 2005)]

Revision as of 09:22, 3 August 2017

This article is about the contemporary author. For the clergyman and Theosophical author, see Charles Webster Leadbeater.

Leadbeater signing copies of We-think in 2008

Charles Leadbeater (formerly known as Charlie Leadbeater) is a British author and former advisor to Tony Blair.

A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, he first came to widespread notice in the 1980s as a regular contributor to the magazine Marxism Today. Later he was Industrial Editor and Tokyo Bureau Chief at the Financial Times. While working at The Independent in the 1990s, he devised Bridget Jones's Diary (originally a column) with Helen Fielding.[citation needed] He worked on social entrepreneurship, publishing The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur in 1997. He advised the British government on matters of the Internet and the knowledge-driven economy.[citation needed]

His book, We-think, explores the new phenomenon of mass creativity exemplified by web sites such as YouTube, Wikipedia and MySpace. The book, which in a preliminary version is open to public criticism and revision, argues that participation, rather than consumption or production, will be the key organizing idea of future society.[citation needed]

In September 2010 Leadbeater opened the Incubate (festival), in Tilburg, The Netherlands. In a 2014 report for the think tank Centre for London, Leadbeater coined the term 'Endies' (short for 'Employed but with No Disposable Income or Savings'), to refer to the growing number of households in London struggling on modest incomes in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.[1]

Works

Books

  • A Piece of the Action: Employee Ownership, Equity Pay and the Rise of the Knowledge Economy (Demos Papers) (1997)
  • Living on Thin Air: The New Economy (1999)
  • The Independents: Britain's New Cultural Entrepreneurs (co-authored with Kate Oakley) (1999)
  • Living on Thin Air: The New Economy (2000)
  • Personalisation Through Participation: A New Script for Public Services (2004)
  • Up the Down Escalator: Why the Global Pessimists Are Wrong (2004)
  • The Pro-Am Revolution (co-authored with Paul Miller) (2004)
  • We-think: The Power of Mass Creativity (2008)
  • Innovation in Education: Lessons from Pioneers Around the World Paperback (photography by Romain Staropoli) (2012)
  • The Frugal Innovator: Creating Change on a Shoestring Budget (2014)

Think pieces

Marxism Today

Writings by Leadbeater:

See also

References

  1. ^ Leadbeater, Charles; Wilson, Brell; Theseira, Margarethe. "Hollow Promise: How London Fails People On Modest Incomes and What Should Be Done About It" (PDF). Centre for London. Centre for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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