“American cities are kind of difficult contexts to work in. They are politically complex. There are a lot of different interest groups. It takes immense political skill to get anything done at all.” KindDifferentDonePoliticalDifficultInterestCitiesGroupsSkillsComplexesImmenseInterest GroupsAmerican Cities Author:William J. Mitchell
“The health of your family or your office or your city directly affects the health of it after. The better you are at handling high-stress situations with little information, those skills lead to resilience and the ability to recover afterward.” LittlesAbilityCitiesSituationInformationSkillsOfficeStressResilienceOur Family Author:Amanda Ripley
“All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out what they are. In the Australian city of Adelaide, for example, which is overshadowed by Sydney and Melbourne, I discovered a number of experts in the penal system. I advised them to work with these special skills.” PeopleAbilityNumbersCitiesSpecialExampleKeysSkillsResourcesExpertsAustralianSydneyMelbourneAdelaide Author:Charles Landry
“John Shook's experience shows just how important problemsolving is at Toyota - it comes before any other job skill for the graduate intake. When I joined Toyota in Toyota City (where for a time I was the only American) in late 1983, every newly hired college graduate employee began learning his job by being coached [...]” ImportantShowsJobsCitiesCollegeSkillsLateEmployeeGraduatesCollege GraduatesToyota Author:Martin Burns
“Two things are to blame for our predicament, one a corollary of the other. The first reason is that we did not have enough troops in Samarra. The skill and courage of 150 American soldiers prevented chaos, but was never enough to fully secure a city of 120,000 people or maintain the rule of law [...] Second, because of a lack of troops, American military leaders are forced to make a choice between mission objectives and self-preservation.” PeopleFirstsTwoSelfReasonEnoughLawChoicesCitiesLeaderMilitarySkillsBlameChaosSoldierMissionsObjectivesSecureTwo ThingsTroopsPreservationRule Of LawSelf PreservationPredicamentsAmerican SoldierAmerican MilitaryMilitary Leader Author:Pete Hegseth
“Many of the enchanted things in the book are lamps, carpets, sofas, gems, brass rings. It is a rather different landscape than the fairy tale landscape of the West. Though we have interiors and palaces, we don't have bustling cities, and there isn't the emphasis on the artisan making things. The ambiance from which they were written was an entirely different one. The Arabian Nights comes out of a huge world of markets and trade. Cairo, Basra, Damascus: trades and skills.” WorldBookDifferentNightCitiesWrittenHugeSkillsTradeWestRingsTalesLandscapeFairyFairy TaleInteriorsEmphasisLampsCarpetPalacesGemsEnchantedBrassSofasArtisansArabianCairoArabian NightsAmbiance Author:Marina Warner
“There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They can do calendar calculations. And this is similar to some of the skills that animals have.” PeopleWholeCan DoAnimalCitiesSkillsMapsAutismCalculationsCalendarsSavants Author:Temple Grandin
“London has always been open to trade, people, ideas. We have to keep that. I want to compete not just with New York, Paris, Berlin... the ten fastest growing cities in the world are in China. How do we compete with them? We have to attract investment and we have to compete on skills.” PeopleWorldWantIdeasCitiesGrowingNew YorkTenSkillsTradeInvestmentChinaLondonParisBerlinCities In The World Author:Sadiq Khan
“I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.” IfsThinkingGivingChildrenHelpingCommunityCitiesResponsibilityGenerationsSkillsTrainingProgramFoundationEducationalRestaurantsCulinaryGiving BackFuture GenerationDevelopmentalNew SkillsEducational Programs Author:Emeril Lagasse
“The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.” PeopleGovernmentCitiesLeaderNew YorkSkillsOrganizationComplexesManageChiefsExecutivesMayorsChief Executives Author:Joe Lhota