How Two Words Can Create Opportunities
2021-02-26
“This Could…” activates the mind and builds momentum for new ideas, new options, new directions. It creates an expectation that must be delivered upon. Continue Reading
Strategy 2: Create Space Within Limitations
2020-03-17
Every space provides two resources: its physical parameters and its axis of experience. In order to create space within limitations, we must rely on the latter. Continue Reading
Strategy 1: Make Ideas Happen by Leveraging the City’s Allowances
2020-03-17
Many great ideas for the public realm have been defeated by the notion of “getting permission” before they’ve had a chance to come to life. Here are three methods for bringing ideas to life in the city.Continue Reading
How to Make Ideas Happen: Creative Strategies Series
2020-03-16
Over the course of 30 years of plying my trade around the world, I’ve developed some decent creative strategies along the way. In the lead-up to the release of my latest book, I’m sharing some of them here.Continue Reading
Plumbers Made the Terracotta Army Possible – The Power of Repurposing Skills
2018-11-07
There is tremendous power in the cross-pollination of skills and their application. Mastering a skill or craft is a great achievement, but the full potential of a skill is often unrealized when it is not applied outside a specific discipline.Continue Reading
Adopt a Creative Strategy from Baseball: “Make the adjustment before the pitcher does.”
2018-11-05
Yesterday I was thinking about a line I read in the book Chipper Jones, BallPlayer: “Make the adjustment before the pitcher does.” It’s powerful advice that applies far beyond baseball. Making an adjustment to respond to what is going toContinue Reading
“Nations talk. Cities act.” Five Insights from the MIPIM Mayor’s Think Tank in Cannes
2014-03-17
For those who wonder what is on the mind of the world’s mayors, last week’s MIPIM Mayor’s Think Tank in Cannes, France was a rare opportunity to discover just that. In the Salon Royale of the Cannes Majestic Hotel, mayorsContinue Reading