One of the things that Bill Gates mentions in his recent TED talk about the coronavirus is that we need to be aware of what might be coming in developing countries, particularly in the southern hemisphere with winter about to arrive. (There’s some evidence of… Read More
I just finished watching this TED talk with Bill Gates. For those of you who are up on their TED talks, this is not the one from five years ago where Bill predicted a pandemic and told us all that we were nowhere near ready.… Read More
A few people have now sent me this TED talk by architect Débora Mesa Molina. But I watched it for the first time today. I guess my personal brand is pretty closely associated with architecture and design. In it, she talks about her firm’s approach… Read More
This is a great TED talk by Edward Glaeser about why it is time to embrace our cities. If you can’t see it below, click here. The talk was filmed in 2012 – right around the time that Triumph of the City was released –… Read More
There’s a lot of interest right now in micro apartments. Here is a recent example from New York City. Generally speaking the model is driven by a need to increase housing affordability: shrink the apartments; lower the prices. To compensate for these smaller units, the… Read More
We know that educational attainment matters a great deal for the economic success of our cities. In fact, by some measures, it is the single most important factor. City Observatory found that 60% of the variation in per capita income across large U.S. metro areas… Read More
How often do you see it around town? Here in Toronto, I can’t say that I see ours all that often outside of city hall. Am I missing it? Here’s what it looks like: In other cities, such as Chicago, the city flag seems to… Read More
In advance of his new book, titled Connectography, Parag Khanna recently delivered an interesting TED Talk called, How megacities are changing the map of the world. It’s about 20 minutes long. A lot of what is covered won’t be new to this audience, but I like… Read More
When I was a kid growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, I never played in the backyard. I played in the streets. That’s where all the kids came together. We would play baseball in somebody’s driveway, using one of the garage door “squares” as… Read More
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html Earlier this week I watched the above TED talk called, The happy secret to better work. It’s only 12 minutes long. In it, Shawn Achor argues that we’ve got it all wrong and backwards when it comes to our happiness. We constantly set (moving) goals… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 