Humans deserve better. Roadmap to a 21st century city

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” – John F. Kennedy

Identifying a crisis or opportunity for cities in the 21st Century is not the same as designing a solution that brings people together and taps into their emotional energy to create communities of trust and collaboration, which will catapult humanity into a new age of innovation.

History says change happens when enough humans live determined. Today, most of humanity believes that the world needs more than a fix or two. In fact, we need new structures for thinking, acting and living in the 21st Century. While global forces are pushing us towards powerful change, humanity has a front row seat for an impending and unprecedented convergence of economic, political, technological, environmental, cultural and social unrest.
Not to fear, Gary believes the power of human ingenuity will transcend this worldwide upheaval. The future is all about innovation networks based on shared value strategies and people-powered structures that thrive on cooperation, creativity and inclusiveness. When faced with incredibly powerful destructive forces, the human spirit is creative and resilient enough to emerge stronger than before. And when humans stand up and come together, they can break through fears and assumptions, and affect the structures and politics that control them in ways that will transform our world and make it better not just for some, but for all.
Gary describes the vision of a 21st Century driven by innovation, unified by culture and delivered by work-play-live communities that inspire justice, inclusion and stability in cities across the world. Leveraging his deep, experiential insights from solving real world problems across more than 60 countries, Gary extrapolates from current and historical examples to reveal the necessary strategies and tactics forward-thinking cities and their corresponding governments must adopt to achieve “smart” outcomes in the 21st