Cities need free spaceRoy van Dalm

March 7, 2011 / Rotterdam

Geoffrey West(Physicist):

Whenever a city doubles in size, all economic activities grow 15% per capita

Geoffrey West(Physicist):

Whenever a city doubles in size, all economic activities grow 15% per capita

Cities grow and are successful because they facilitate the meeting of and interaction between people

Content

1. A Culture of Creativity

2. A Creative Conversation

3. Creating the right space

4. Creative Gardening: what the city can do

Pekka Himanen & Manuel Castells

Culture of Creativity

1. Confidence

2. Community

3. Creativity

Question:

If innovative and creative success starts with trust, how do you create a culture of trust?

Content

1. A Culture of Creativity

2. A Creative Conversation

3. Creating the right space

4. Creative Gardening: what the city can do

Charles Leadbeater

“I’ve found that every innovation starts with a creative conversation”

Conversational fields

4.‘Flow’(Creativity)

3. Research (Dialogue)

1. Convention(Conversation)

2. Friction(Discussion,debate)

Question:

“What conditions does dialogue require to facilitate the creative process?”

Content

1. A Culture of Creativity

2. A Creative Conversation

3. Creating the right space

4. Creative Gardening: what the city can do

Peter Senge

Peter Senge:

“The creative process in a team, organisation or city is the same:Create the right space for new ideas to occur and, afterwards, give them direction”

The right space

Any space that facilitates and stimulates the agenda free encounters of people

* The Greek word ‘scholae’ – our school – actually means ‘free space’

Content

1. A Culture of Creativity

2. A Creative Conversation

3. Creating the right space

4. Creative Gardening: what the city can do

Policy is like gardening:

You cannot make tulips grow by pulling at them.

Instead, improve the growing conditions to increase chances for new ideas and innovation to occur

Geoffrey West

Why cities almost never die and corporations have a lifespan of less than 50 years:

“Cities can’t be managed, and that’s what keeps them so vibrant. They’re just these insane masses of people, bumping into each other and maybe sharing an idea or two. It’s the freedom of the city that keeps it alive.”

So………

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