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Sophia Parker

Sophia Parker

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Jul 14

Living with two clocks

Staying with unbearable thoughts, and searching for a politics that’s equal to these times.

Living with two clocks

Sophia Parker

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May 15

Dancing in the messy middle: institutional immunity and the challenges of ‘bridging’

What would it take for edge thinking and practice to overcome the institutional ‘immune response’ that protects and sustains outdated…

Dancing in the messy middle: institutional immunity and the challenges of ‘bridging’

Sophia Parker

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Mar 19

Institutional monoculture, the hidden wiring, and why we need an army of boring innovators

We are living through escalating, interconnected crises, yet our institutions remain shaped by architectures built for control and…

Institutional monoculture, the hidden wiring, and why we need an army of boring innovators

Sophia Parker

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Dec 9, 2025

A larger reality: how governments can escape the local maximum

Back in September, James Plunkett and I launched The Centre for the Edge, a new collaboration between JRF and Kinship Works. We are…

A larger reality: how governments can escape the local maximum

Sophia Parker

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Sep 14, 2025

Four life lessons from Jake Chapman, one of the most extraordinary humans I know

My dear friend Jake is dying, and there is nothing any of us can do about it.

Four life lessons from Jake Chapman, one of the most extraordinary humans I know

Sophia Parker

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Sep 10, 2025

On dates with myself

It’s been three years now since my marriage came to an end. Three years of recalibration, reorientation, and relational graft. Three years…

On dates with myself

Sophia Parker

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Jul 9, 2022

Going our own ways

It’s a year now since I relocated to York from London. But leaving my home city and starting a big new job have not been the biggest…

Going our own ways

Sophia Parker

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Mar 8, 2022

In solidarity and sisterhood

International Women’s Day is a great moment to celebrate the brilliant women who are shaping our world. It’s a wonderful opportunity to…

In solidarity and sisterhood

Sophia Parker

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Sep 1, 2021

A few thoughts as I start my new job.

I start my new job as the Emerging Futures Director at Joseph Rowntree Foundation next week, after several months of decompressing and…

A few thoughts as I start my new job.

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Patterns for Change

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Sophia Parker

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May 14, 2021

Connect generously: Building collaboration and trust

“If the goal was to increase the love, rather than winning or dominating an opponent, I think we could actually imagine liberation from…

Patterns for Change behaviour 7: Connect Generously. Written in black copy on a grey background with a purple circle made up of hand drawn dots.

Sophia Parker

Sophia Parker

Emerging Futures Director at JRF. Founder of Little Village. Point Person. Mum of 3 and lifelong feminist. Dot-connector, question-asker, change maker.

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