New Position with WEF’s Global Centre for Urban Transformation

My consulting days are coming to an end (or maybe just a long pause), as I have accepted a position with the Global Centre for Urban Transformation, a new initiative of the World Economic Forum. (If you’re looking for comms and bd strategy and services, I’m happy to make recommendations.) From the 19 August 2021 announcement: “The World Economic Forum will leverage its global network of leading companies, governments, civil society organizations and academic institutions to support cities as they seek to rebuild their economies and forge more resilient communities. This includes mobilizing the global business community to commit expertise and …

Claire Weisz on Resilient Design

It has been an honor and privilege to work with Claire Weisz, principal-in-charge of WXY architecture + urban design, on an important article, published by Architectural Design/Wiley in this beautiful book, SU+RE: Sustainable + Resilient Design Systems. Claire’s article, titled Resilient Design: Systems Thinking as a Response to Climate Change, argues that “design thinking” needs to be coupled with “systems thinking” in order to adequately deal with the magnitude of climate change, and surprisingly it is smaller, interdisciplinary firms that are leading the way when it comes to innovative systems-thinking approaches to the big problems of climate change. “Design thinking is not enough. For resilient architecture and …