Blog - December 2010

In search of nimble cities

13 December, 2010

Our urban places are complex places. Cities are where, in today's digital world, the ideas and issues of our society often originate and get acted upon.

In a quickly-changing world, businesses and individuals must be nimble in order to stay ahead of, or keep up with, changes. How good are our cities at being nimble?

That's a question I asked recently on The Urban Times blog site - and I would be interested in your comments. What examples have you seen of nimble civic organizations?

To get away

10 December, 2010

There is often great irony in a writer's desire to get away. Away, where there are fewer distractions and impositions. Writing retreats promise that, yet inevitably raise new distractions, new issues requiring the writer's attention.