Preserving the American Dream
Cultivating successful cities with talent, opportunity, and engagement.
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Social innovations that improve the health and resiliency of cities (more)
Strategy’s Missing Link
Influence is an underutilized tool for organizations that want to achieve bold social goals.
Accelerating Civic Innovation Through “Strategic Doing”
A new approach to strategy is producing collaborations that are replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
What Makes a “World-Class” City?
Planners must shift their attention to the informal economy that is the invisible engine of true urban greatness.
Bike-Sharing Goes Small
Local bike-lending arrangements offer an alternative to bigger, more complex bike-sharing systems.
A Smarter Way to Park
In San Francisco, planners are using variable pricing to reduce the congestion, pollution, and aggravation that come with big-city traffic.
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Future Thirst
Meeting the world's growing demand for water will require advances in technology that build on 3,000 years of progress.
Bridging the Gaps in Public Infrastructure
Communities in emerging economies must work collectively to extend public services until they can build out formal infrastructures.
Building Transparency Momentum
A local initiative offers lessons on how to use collaboration, experimentation, and forward-thinking to create a culture of innovation.
Interrupting the Transmission of Violence
Cure Violence Founder Dr. Gary Slutkin talks about the health approach to reducing violence.