Content Pills #3: Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. The key to an inclusive, sustainable and green recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has taught us that the pandemic and containment measures do not impact everyone in the same way. Among the private sector, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), especially those led by women, youth, ethnic minorities and migrants, suffered the most. An International Trade Centre survey on COVID-19 impact among businesses in 136 countries has shown that nearly 62% of women-led small businesses have been strongly affected by the crisis, compared to just over half of firms led by men, and women-owned are 27% more likely not to survive the pandemic.
What is tactical urbanism: advantages and disadvantages
What is tactical urbanism? What is it for and how is it applied: advantages, risks, problems and disadvantages. How does it benefit the city?
How Empathy and Competence Promote a Diverse Leadership Culture
22/06/2022 – MIT
How to tap into brain science to have better ideas
21/06/2022 – Fast Company
Content Pills #2: The movement of refugees. Rebuilding lives in new cities
World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. World Refugee Day is an occasion to build empathy and understanding for their plight and to recognize their resilience in rebuilding their lives.
What is arcology and how is it applied?
Arcology is the fusion of two words, architecture and ecology. It defines a model of city that evolves just like organisms, generating compact and live systems as they grow. Both disciplines share certain qualities which, if applied well, may resolve some of the numerous challenges facing cities today.
Bad COVID Public Health Messaging Is Blocking Our Path To A “New Normal”
20/06/2022 – Scientific American
How smarter AI will change creativity
19/06/2022 – The Economist
Accelerating toward net zero: The green business building opportunity
18/06/2022 – McKinsey Sustainability
Eleven supertall skyscrapers that demonstrate the “human aspiration to go higher”
17/06/2022 – dezeen