I just listened to an interview with Jaime Lerner (transcript here), president of the International Union of Architects and 3 time mayor of Curitiba. He has many insightful things to say about cities as instruments for change. What struck me, in our current climate of 2020 and 2030 plans, was his three principles for change: keep it simple, begin it now, don’t rush to have all the answers.
People are waiting to have all the answers, but the start is more important, so don’t try to have all the answers, just try to start and the people will teach you how to correct your working process. – Lerner (2004)