Community Kick-Starting the Flow of Ideas Turning to Competitions

In this series of columns, I have been exploring the concept of "ideation" — a fancy word for the process of developing and testing new ideas. For cities, this requires both fostering creativity and gaining different perspectives, and while that might sound simple, it can actually be quite disruptive. Idea generation and development demands that everyone involved get out of his or her comfort zone to see and discuss things afresh. There is a powerful tool for engendering this kind of mindset: competition.

By Neil Kleiman

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