A new integral paradigm for the city arose from both practise and engagement with many of the cities I have lived in (including Toronto) and from my study and application of the Integral Model. Toronto: Site of Meeting of the Minds 2013 Designing Integral Vital Signs Model A precept of the Integral Model [...]
From an Integral Vital Signs Monitor design, the Integral Scorecard can become the reporting vehicle for informing all the stakeholders of the city. It tells us whether we are achieving the purpose and objectives of the city in a sustainable way. It reveals to us if we are amassing the energy, matter and information that [...]
Navigating intelligence monitors and discloses the wellbeing or general condition of the city. Many city information officers are now developing versions of vital signs monitor for monitoring and reporting the health of the city. From an eco-regional perspective the indicators should track what Jared Diamond noted every society must pay attention to for long-term survival: [...]
Are economics and technological factors sufficient to incubate innovation and sustainability? At least they are a start to consider the importance of cities to organizational success. That was a recent focus of Greenbiz forum where the growing recognition that the wellbeing of cities is an underlying condition for the success of organizations. Drawing from a [...]
Integral City proposes that all cities have a purpose that serves Earth's sustainability and wellbeing. Glimmers that the value of purpose are breaking through into the world of organizational and business scorecards are showing up in the news and financial presss. The Toronto Board of Trade just released a report showing how 7 major U.S. [...]
I have posted to the website the Research Report on Mapping Abbotsford's Values and Developing an Integral Vital Signs Monitor. This 2010 research updates the reserach I completed in 2003. You can read the full study at https://integralcity.com/discovery-zone/research.html This study contributed Knowledge and Development Exchange (KDE) for a Welcoming and Inclusive Communities and Work Places [...]