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Creative Strategies

Freelance Writing Portfolio This Could by Scott Burnham

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

Create Space within Limitations

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

Make Ideas for the Public Realm Happen

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

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

Scott Burnham delivering the keynote on maximizing available urban resources at MIPIM Global Mayors Think Tank, Cannes, France

“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

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Urban Mining

urban mining: mine the city

Urban Mining: 50 Ways to Mine the City

This Could…

six steps for resourceful innovation

Six Steps for Resourceful Innovation

Freelance Writing Portfolio This Could by Scott Burnham

This Could…How Two Words Create Opportunity, Increase Creativity, and Reduce Waste

How to Reprogram the City

How to Reprogram the City: Toolkit by Scott Burnham

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Reprogramming the City

Reprogramming the City by Scott Burnham
44 of the most innovative urban reuse projects from 17 countries

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