Future of Museums

The continuing struggles of former manufacturing centers have fundamentally altered urban planning, traditionally a discipline based on growth and expansion.

a broad trend: how data-driven decision making can lead to the most effective use of a city's limited financial resources

Read the comments.  They are very interesting and inspiring.

Despite all the talk about work-life balance in the modern business environment, there's still plenty of evidence of long hours and presenteeism in many of the careers...

61% of respondents globally are more likely to buy from a brand that allows them to touch and feel the products wherever they are: in a store or on the net. What this reflects is that technology is delivering - and will more so in the future - a more complete and engaging sensory experience through a combination of graphics, sound, and even scent.

The Hammer Museum won a Goldhirsh Foundation LA2050 prize for its ideas about how to redevelop nearby Westwood Village. Their pop-up called Arts ReStore includes 18 different vendors spread out in various temporarily re-claimed storefronts. Rock on, Hammer Museum!

As a consumer, it doesn't make sense to fight wearable tech. Fitness and wellness technologies such as Nike+ FuelBand and FitBit demonstrate very digestible ways that regular folks are already wearing technology.

The retired have immense experience and are often prepared to work as volunteers. But we are failing to match their talents to our needs; or our talents to their needs.

What is the role of data vs. instinct and experience in innovation? How will big data influence how we make decisions? 

Well, celebrities to museum audio tours - why not teach MOOCs?