The winner of the SHIFTboston competition for new ideas for Boston has been announced. Congratulations to Andrzej Zarzycki and Sapir Ng of Arlington, Mass for their proposal for “The TUTS: Tremont Underground Theater Space”. As the TUT submission asks: “WHAT IFContinue Reading
Illustration by Thomas Porostocky; New York Times Following the post on the value of cross-pollinated ideas, today’s comes from American Football. The story here is about the A-11 formation, developed by a High School football coach in California who radicallyContinue Reading
For those of you who have attended one of my talks, you’ll have heard this quote before: The next revolution will be a revolution of ideas. It is from the late, great Bill Hicks and is usually the jumping offContinue Reading
I recently gave a keynote lecture to the World Urban Congress in Riga, Latvia, on creative strategies for difficult economic times. The Congress provided a fantastic overview of what is taking place in urban development across the world, but whatContinue Reading
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