Inaugural 2025 Collabs: Cities for People & the Planet
Join a community of global practitioners and doers that will meet online several times a year (we’re shooting for at least 3 times in 2025!) to discuss the challenges and opportunities that cities face in becoming more equitable and environmentally sustainable, and how we can move the needle faster together.
What: Three 90-minute sessions (or “Collabs”) currently planned for 2025. Shooting for June, September and November.
Topics that we will cover include inclusive growth, planning for equity, sustainable development, community wealth-building and more. We’ll get your input to pick our topics!
Participants will receive a few readings and videos to review in advance of each Collab. Nothing intensive - for those who don’t have time to read entire books, we’ll highlight chapters of interest.
Maurice Jones and I have partnered to facilitate these sessions in the most engaging and collaborative way we can. Our plan is to test the following format:
We’ll provide a succinct overview of the topic of discussion, including key themes and ideas from the materials distributed;
We’ll engage the group in a discussion to share ideas, knowledge and opportunities for peer-learning.
The final 15 minutes will be devoted to structured community-building and networking among participants.
All interested participants will be asked to fill out a short form about their personal and professional background in order to curate the most productive, engaging conversations possible. If you have someone in your network you’d like us to invite, we’d welcome a referral!
The $200 price tag covers three sessions. The goal is for the Collabs to be financially accessible and open to practitioners around the world. Discounted rates are available upon request if the cost is prohibitive to participating.
Join a community of global practitioners and doers that will meet online several times a year (we’re shooting for at least 3 times in 2025!) to discuss the challenges and opportunities that cities face in becoming more equitable and environmentally sustainable, and how we can move the needle faster together.
What: Three 90-minute sessions (or “Collabs”) currently planned for 2025. Shooting for June, September and November.
Topics that we will cover include inclusive growth, planning for equity, sustainable development, community wealth-building and more. We’ll get your input to pick our topics!
Participants will receive a few readings and videos to review in advance of each Collab. Nothing intensive - for those who don’t have time to read entire books, we’ll highlight chapters of interest.
Maurice Jones and I have partnered to facilitate these sessions in the most engaging and collaborative way we can. Our plan is to test the following format:
We’ll provide a succinct overview of the topic of discussion, including key themes and ideas from the materials distributed;
We’ll engage the group in a discussion to share ideas, knowledge and opportunities for peer-learning.
The final 15 minutes will be devoted to structured community-building and networking among participants.
All interested participants will be asked to fill out a short form about their personal and professional background in order to curate the most productive, engaging conversations possible. If you have someone in your network you’d like us to invite, we’d welcome a referral!
The $200 price tag covers three sessions. The goal is for the Collabs to be financially accessible and open to practitioners around the world. Discounted rates are available upon request if the cost is prohibitive to participating.
Join a community of global practitioners and doers that will meet online several times a year (we’re shooting for at least 3 times in 2025!) to discuss the challenges and opportunities that cities face in becoming more equitable and environmentally sustainable, and how we can move the needle faster together.
What: Three 90-minute sessions (or “Collabs”) currently planned for 2025. Shooting for June, September and November.
Topics that we will cover include inclusive growth, planning for equity, sustainable development, community wealth-building and more. We’ll get your input to pick our topics!
Participants will receive a few readings and videos to review in advance of each Collab. Nothing intensive - for those who don’t have time to read entire books, we’ll highlight chapters of interest.
Maurice Jones and I have partnered to facilitate these sessions in the most engaging and collaborative way we can. Our plan is to test the following format:
We’ll provide a succinct overview of the topic of discussion, including key themes and ideas from the materials distributed;
We’ll engage the group in a discussion to share ideas, knowledge and opportunities for peer-learning.
The final 15 minutes will be devoted to structured community-building and networking among participants.
All interested participants will be asked to fill out a short form about their personal and professional background in order to curate the most productive, engaging conversations possible. If you have someone in your network you’d like us to invite, we’d welcome a referral!
The $200 price tag covers three sessions. The goal is for the Collabs to be financially accessible and open to practitioners around the world. Discounted rates are available upon request if the cost is prohibitive to participating.
PROPOSED COLLAB TOPICS:
Reckoning with Growth. Most economic development practitioners champion growth, yet there is also a blossoming anti-growth movement. Is growth the right goal? How do we ensure growth is inclusive and equitable?
Planning for Equity: Inequality is a pervasive challenge for those engaged in growing thriving, resilient cities. How did we get to where we are today and how do we change the trajectory?
Shaping a Regenerative Urban Development: Too often urban development is focused on short-term gain, rather than taking into account the long-term potential harm of some decisions, from an environmental, human and community perspective.