Geoff Mulgan

The classic think-tank is supposed to be sitting in an attic thinking up grand ideas.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.