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What is The Future for Cities?320I_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built"We live in an age where the expansion of possibility is actually greater than the latency of restrain."Are you interested in reinventing ourselves for better futures? What do you think about light cities? How can we create conscious urban evolution? Interview with Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, intelligent evolution, light cities, AI, retrofitting, and many more.Glenn Drew is the CEO of SQUIZZ.com, TOTECS, and Connected Built. A visionary leader, he fosters innovation and empowers...2025-05-0155 minWhat is The Future for Cities?302I_Darren Murphy, CEO and founder of Core Integrity"I think there is a bit of community / social imperative that we should be standing up for what we want, demanding more."Are you interested in institutional accountability? What do you think about starting from taking pride in your own community? How can we take responsibility for mistakes made on the organisational level? Interview with Darren Murphy, CEO and founder of Core Integrity. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, levels of accountability, taking the first steps, the energy transition, and many more. Darren Murphy is the CEO and...2025-02-2646 minWhat is The Future for Cities?298I_Carina Gormley, senior associate at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change Initiative"[The city] is a system that is difficult to map, but it is evolving."Are you interested in allowing governments to fail? What do you think about systems thinking? How can we help governments be bold? Interview with Carina Gormley, senior associate at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change Initiative. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, sustainability, the role of governments, room for failure, and many more. Carina Gormley leads internal partnerships, culture and green initiatives at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change Initiative. She’...2025-02-1252 minWhat is The Future for Cities?297R_Harnessing social imagination in the era of the climate crisis (research summary)Are you interested in hallucinating to solve urban challenges? Summary of the report titled Harnessing social imagination in the era of the climate crisis by the Centre for Public Impact, published on their website.This is a great preparation to our next interview with Carina Gormley in episode 298 talking about the need for our collective imagination to solve the climate crisis, for example. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see why our hallucination matters to solve urban crises. This project investigated how we might...2025-02-1013 minWhat is The Future for Cities?298I_Trailer_Carina Gormley, senior associate at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change InitiativeAre you interested in allowing governments to fail? What do you think about systems thinking? How can we help governments be bold?
Trailer for episode 298 - interview with Carina Gormley, senior associate at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change Initiative. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, sustainability, the role of governments, room for failure, and many more.
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Music by Lesfm from Pixabay 2025-02-0802 minWhat is The Future for Cities?296I_Sally Capp, Non-Executive Director of Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne and the former Lord Mayor of Melbourne"You can't waste a crises!"Are you interested in cities as places for experiments? What do you think about respectful disagreements? How can we create good partnerships between different stakeholders? Interview with Sally Capp, Non-Executive Director of Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne and the former Lord Mayor of Melbourne. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, the need for respectful disagreement, multifunctional spaces and places, the role of the government, and many more. Sally Capp is an accomplished leader with extensive experience across both private...2025-02-0551 minWhat is The Future for Cities?294I_Erick A. Brimen, CEO of Honduras Próspera and NeWay Capital"You can' have a choice if you don't have opportunities."Are you interested in the 3 tasks governance should do? What do you think about service-based governments? How can we create good governance and governments? Interview with Erick Brimen, CEO of Honduras Próspera and NeWay Capital. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, choices and options, the role of government, political, and many more. So, let’s start with a proper introduction.Erick Brimen is the CEO of NeWay Capital, LLC, and Honduras Próspera Inc., dedicated to fostering human flou...2025-01-2946 minWhat is The Future for Cities?292I_Anthony Acciavatti, Diana Balmori Assistant Professor at Yale University"It's less interesting how technology changes people than how people change technologies."
Are you interested in urban water management? What do you think about overstressed urban infrastructure? How can we provide water as a right for everyone?
Interview with Anthony Acciavatti, Diana Balmori Assistant Professor at Yale University. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban density, water cycles, infrastructure retrofit, and many more.
Anthony Acciavatti is a historian, cartographer, and architect whose work explores the intersection of architecture, urbanism, and environmental history in South Asia and North America, teaching...2025-01-2240 min
Reimagining GovernmentDoes regulation really matter?Regulation: a word that sends shivers down the spines of many public servants across the globe. But are we looking at it wrong? Can regulation be something that we embrace as a route to innovation in public service?
In this episode, we hear about practical examples of regulation being done differently to achieve real change.
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Adrian Brown (host), Centre for Public ImpactCarina Gormley (host), Centre for Public ImpactConnie Binkowitz, Director for Development of Public Policy, Center for Transforming Communities in Memphis, TennesseeThomas Johnson, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Head of Reform St...2024-10-1635 min
Climate ConfidentBridging the Intention Gap: How Local Governments Can Drive Effective Climate ActionSend me a messageOn this episode of the Climate Confident podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Carina Gormley from the Centre for Public Impact. We delved into the challenges local governments face when implementing climate action plans, particularly the "intention gap" where well-crafted plans struggle to translate into tangible actions due to systemic barriers.Carina shed light on the complexities within government structures, highlighting how departmental silos can hinder collaboration and impede progress on climate initiatives. We discussed the importance of adopting a systemic approach to climate action, emphasising the need for...2024-09-1853 min