George Hosking OBE opens the Insights series with the central insight that has driven 30+ years of WAVE Trust's work: lasting change requires addressing root causes, not symptoms.
Why what happens in the first years of life shapes lifelong health, behaviour, and economic productivity — and why prevention pays back many times over.
Beyond reading, writing and arithmetic — the four foundational skills that determine whether a child grows into a functioning, prosocial adult.
The single concept that explains so much about human behaviour — and why it is a more important measure of caregiving than the things we usually count.
Why punishment-based approaches to challenging behaviour fail — told through one short story George has shared with practitioners, police and Cabinet ministers.
What a child's relationship with a doll revealed about the home she was being raised in — and what trained professionals should be looking for in everyday play.
The longitudinal study that has followed 1,000 New Zealanders across 50+ years — and what it proved about self-control, early adversity and life-course outcomes.
How four decades of New Zealand data settled an argument that defined twentieth-century social science: do early years really decide later outcomes?
Three decades of WAVE Trust research, including the 2005 report described by the Met Police as 'the most significant paper on strategic crime reduction in recent years.'
The single diagnostic question George has used to unlock both corporate turnarounds and the WAVE Trust mission — and how to apply it to any complex problem.
How a small charity has materially shifted UK violence-reduction policy — from 10 Downing Street briefings to senior police-force adoption.
The two ingredients every effective intervention needs — and how to test for them when commissioning, designing or evaluating any prevention programme.
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