Great TED Talk by Jaime Lerner, the man who transformed the city of Curitiba, Brazil into a model of sustainable urbanism. He lauds the value of creativity, as he recognizes its intrinsic nature within urban community and points out the importance of creativity at the functional level of building our cities.
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Anil Gupta does TED
If you still are not familiar with TED talks, you might want to visit the link and just sample a few of the talks. You will soon be enthralled by them. Their slogan is “Ideas worth spreading,” and they are just that. So listen, reflect, and spread onward. Anil Gupta is a Business professor who started the Honey Bee Network to support grassroots innovators who are rich in knowledge but poor in resources. He has definitely taken the concept of connecting “those who most need jobs with the jobs that most need doing” to new heights, or rather new depths.
