Highlights:
On Addressing Wicked Problems in Municipalities:
"Instead of just relying on statistics about why young people today aren’t thriving, we take a practical approach—observing how they live, move, and interact in their communities. From there, we define our shared mission."On Action Research & Learning:
"On good days, I think of myself as an action researcher. I believe learning needs to be place-based—bringing people together, learning together, and rethinking what a university should be today."On Innovation in Public Management:
"It’s not about Silicon Valley—it’s about discovering the smallest of small innovations in what we’re already doing. Public management needs to embrace the everyday knowledge that makes communities thrive."On Public Entrepreneurship & Systems Thinking:
"We need to see our organizations as living systems—growing what works, moving energy from one place to another, and creating cross-pollination across different relationships."On Bringing Knowledge to Communities:
"When I was a child, a library bus would arrive every Wednesday in our social housing area, bringing books and knowledge to us. That image has stayed with me—I believe we need to move knowledge to where it’s needed most."
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