

Reintent or Reinvent? Performance in Post-Pandemic scenarios
“Never let a crisis go to waste” Paul Romer “Wei ji” is the Chinese ideogram for both danger and opportunity. Those two opposites stand...
Jan 18, 20217 min read


Proximity economic development: a new challenge for Barcelona
Heterogeneity in cities like Barcelona requires replacing a uniformizing approach with another one that takes into account, when it comes...
Feb 18, 20201 min read


Where’s the client? – Keeping Sharing business models honest & sustainable
“Because end-users access our platform for free and we have no performance obligation to end-users, end-users are not our customers.”...
May 8, 20195 min read


Global, Multinational or International?
Trading products and client experiences across cultural boundaries creates two-way[1] “waves of culture[2]”, forcing international...
Apr 19, 20196 min read


Roger Kaufman Awards 2019: Civil society, Megarregions, Market-making innovation
The 2019 Roger Kaufman Awards went to new categories of social impact: Civil Society Organizations (Never Again Rwanda), Mega regions...
Apr 18, 20194 min read


Barcelona "super-blocks": back to the future
Barcelona has launched a radical proposal for transforming the city towards a greener, healthier environment, by creating car-free,...
Apr 12, 20192 min read


From "Performance Improvement" to system's approach: the New Orleans case.
This year's the traditional International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Conference will take place in a city that is a case...
Mar 26, 20192 min read


From "reducing poverty" to creating prosperity: the power of market-making innovation
The Prosperity Paradox (Christensen, Efosa & Dillon, 2019) discusses a critical component for successfully moving people and communities...
Mar 23, 20193 min read


Mid-size cities: the hidden renewal force
Urbanists and city planners often look "up" to the mega-cities for keys to success -or even failure-. New York, Chicago or San Francisco,...
Mar 23, 20193 min read


Focus on the User Experience (UX) for cities and communities
One key success factor for transforming cities and neighborhoods is to move from a focus on a "master plan" to a one of "eyes on the...
Mar 15, 20192 min read