Our goal is to bring the agile mindset to the cities we serve.

Cities are complex dynamic systems. The current approaches of planning and managing cities—born out of an industrial mindset of command-and-control, with hidden biases and systemic discrimination—have proven to be totally inadequate for the challenges of our age.

We are failing our constituents—the people who live, and work, and play in our cities. We struggle to adapt to technological disruptions and are powerless to support real societal change.

We need cities with leadership teams focused on the welfare and well-being of their constituents. We need agencies with empowered staff who are focused on outcomes and are committed to kaizen—to constantly improve programs and services. We need institutions that learn and learn fast, that respond to change instead of being constrained to a plan. We need cities that do not hinder self-organization; that foster shared-governance.

We need innovations that are ethical to the core.

We need agile cities.