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* cultured bureaucracy vs bureaucratic culture * “Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled The battle outside ragin' Will soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'” Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, I witnessed the fall of several symbols of tyranny and oppression, of division and separation, of subjugation and trauma… We are human… Our biggest folly is our conceit, our righteousness, our beliefs in things seemingly solid… In reality, life, like our planet, is fragile, it is vulnerable, and ultimately it is impermanent… The only thing constant is change… Uncertainty is reality… The only skill we really need to cultivate is to learn how to surf on the edge of chaos… “The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is rapidly fadin' And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'” Come join my fellow panelists May East, Harm-Christian Tolden and Jonas Schorr today at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival in Berlin… We will have a conversation on “ Investments for Positive Socio-Economic Impact “, a Roundtable on the Forum Cities: Prototyping Democracy stage… Thank you Johanna Sieben, Robyn Bennett, Charles Landry and Sebastian Turner, as well as the Falling Walls Foundation, Table Media GmbH and all involved in making CBF happen…. #CBF24 #ProveKafkaWrong #XIDs #placeinnovation #ecologyofplace #experience XDG Labs We Are MIXD Resonance Conscious Cities Index The Big Sit WRLDCTY

* we are the world * Rejuvenate, Reinvent and Reimagine Cities of the Future… Words matter, they mobilise our intentions, and we certainly need clearer and more decisive intentionality in building back better… Centre for Liveable Cities has curated an excellent set of conversations for the World Cities Summit 2024… Resonance is pleased to be a strategic partner for this important event in a landmark year… Congratulations Michael Koh, Limin Hee and Hugh Lim… We look forward to contributing meaningfully to the conversation, to sharing our networks, and to shape ideas that make our cities liveable and sustainable… #healthyhabitats #urbaninnovation #experienceecology #consciouscities #inclusivecitymaking #wrldcty

* what on earth are cultural districts * Adrian Ellis, founder and chair of Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) and I kicked off a conversation series called “The Urbanist in India” a few months ago… Vivek Narain, founder of the The Quorum, together with Urban Land Institute’s India council co-developed the series to advance ULI’s mission “to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact on communities…” Vivek has been a catalyst for culture and urbanism in India. The Quorum has curated connections through meaningful conversations in Gurgaon, Mumbai and Hyderabad (where he has recently introduced his latest venture district150)… The Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) convened in Athens, Greece earlier this month: https://lnkd.in/gaVK-kyM Natasha Sharma curator of the Govandi Arts District , Aastha Johri from Dhun.life and Arjun Bahl founder of St+art India were able to join the convening. They represent an exciting new generation of cultural producers, and XDG Labs and We Are MIXD are grateful to be involved with every one of these players to shape #healthyhabitats. Art and culture, nature and community are at the heart of liveable and lovable cities, these sectors need resources, support and focus from policymakers and investors, developers and regulators. India will need to devote attention and effort in this direction, at scale, for many years to be truly considered #viksitbharat. That journey has already commenced, come join us… On public space governance: https://lnkd.in/gWAtwJeK For the full conversation, click here: https://lnkd.in/gfCF8ryU #XIDs #Culture #Art #betterBKC #LodhiArtsDistrict #indiaofideas #metroyogi #culturalinfrastructure #ageoftransformation #culturalentrepreneurship #prithvi #openspaces #gcdn Gregorio Lucena Scarpella Manasvini Hariharan