Like many around the world, my local high street is apparently in trouble. A pub has just closed. A well-known café has gone out of business. There are vacant shops. We know retail is under threat. My high street needs a burst of community spirit and creativity to make us care again about our local … Continue reading The future of the high street
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When Amazon announced that it was inviting cities to bid for its second headquarters (HQ2) in the US it released criteria to guide city bids. Amazon’s criteria included being a city/metro area of more than 1 million people, with a stable business environment, attractive to technical talent, excellent universities, near an international airport, with direct … Continue reading What can ‘secondary cities’ learn from the Amazon ‘beauty contest’?
This is a response to the Meeting of the Minds group blogging event, October 6, 2015. It was revised slightly on October 7, 2015. [Also the TM Forum republished many of these ideas in a blog post of its own in 2015 - entitled Robots with rights and hardly any hospitals: Experts envision cities in 2050. Given I … Continue reading Dear 2015 – In 2050 every city solves problems for the world (Adelaide chose active ageing)
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