tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58581212011-04-21T20:59:30.299-07:00Urban Governance in Practice... How inspiring! I am sharing some of the resources that I gathered on this topic during my trips on the web. Please let me know if you have other links that could be added to this collection. I hope to hear from you soon. Emile Hooge http://www.nova7.frEmile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1128930769897214372005-10-10T00:37:00.000-07:002005-10-10T00:52:50.120-07:00

Sylvia Pintarits from Munich just told me about these papers about creative governance so I thought I might let you all know.http://www.nsl.ethz.ch/index.php/de/content/view/full/1102/For example, Klaus Kunzmann invites us to creative thinking in planning and examines many different faces of creativity. What a fuzzy concept!In another paper Bruno Dente, Luigi Bobbio and Alessandra Spada discuss

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1127986524773440672005-09-29T02:27:00.000-07:002006-10-23T00:20:19.646-07:00

Nova7 is a consulting company and we work on urban governance issues, mainly in France and Europe. (we used to be called Tremplin).We are Nova7 and you can visit our new website: Nova7 études et conseil

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1077891503342358892004-02-27T06:18:00.000-08:002004-02-27T06:21:15.200-08:00

The Canadian Center for Management Development has published on the web many papers about public management. They deal with: - horizontal partnership working - citizen-centered service and surveying methods - risk management - learning organisations - innovation - negotiation - leadership - human resources and workplace - etc. Have a nice read and let me know if you find some of them

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1077039422715980252004-02-17T09:37:00.000-08:002004-02-17T09:39:40.936-08:00

Partnership working is probably about setting goals, negociating resources, evaluating processes. But can all of this really work without trust... Just a few links to stimulate your reflections: Learning Center, an American training and coaching company offers a few tips on their web site. The EGPA - European Group of Public Administration - has been working for several years on the improvement

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1070464683482649022003-12-03T07:18:00.000-08:002003-12-03T07:18:13.950-08:00

Two useful links about storytelling and organisational change. Steve Denning's web site, talks a lot about his book but also shows some interesting tips and good thinking about storytelling and knowledge management in your organisation. Here are also two conferences about organisational storytelling stressing the importance of narrative communication compared to abstract explanations. "

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1066986006785338802003-10-24T02:00:00.000-07:002003-10-24T02:08:32.673-07:00

link to: ENSURE Guidebook I imagine you all know about the Ensure project (Exchange Network for Sustainable Urban Revitalisation Experience). Just like us, they are working on a guidbook which deals with the following topics: - working together - decision making - communicating - measuring progress - etc.

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1066985213483134792003-10-24T01:46:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:46:53.160-07:00

link to a page with loads of links... Many pages on the web tell you about teams, teamwork, team building, etc. This web site will guide you to them. Although I have not visited all of them, I am sure quite a few are interesting.

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1066983361613639362003-10-24T01:16:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:22:19.583-07:00

link to: What is a learning organisation A good review of the literature on Learning Organizations with bits about Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Donald A Schon and many more... Many suggestions of interesting books to read.

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1065456219642199272003-10-06T09:03:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:22:57.396-07:00

link to: Participation Guide This guide to effective participation is out of print but can be found online on this web site. With: - 10 key ideas about participation - Easy answers to participation problems... that can bring their own difficulties. - a lot of questions and suggestions

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1065448998333548282003-10-06T07:03:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:23:35.540-07:00

link to the web site: Change Zone A wonderful place with advice and ideas to help you move out of your 'confort zone' and into the 'change zone'. Organisational Learning, Leadership, Change Dynamics, etc.

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1065444183648692182003-10-06T05:43:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:23:58.710-07:00

link to: Tools for Development You can either browse the web site or download the whole document. A usefull handbook with methodologies and tools on the following topics: - stakeholder analysis - problem analysis - visioning - logical frameworks (whatever that is!) - risk management (maybe Interact could also adress this topic?) - participatory approaches - teamworking - influencing and

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1065443076815593462003-10-06T05:24:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:24:31.536-07:00

link to: Final Report Take a look at this... Partnerships analysed from the point of view of the community sector. Some lessons learnt on buiding trust, monitoring, etc.

Emile Hoogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858121.post-1064484898153915762003-09-25T03:14:00.000-07:002003-10-24T01:25:50.363-07:00

link to the paper by Forester This paper by Forester presents some interesting ideas about urban planning as well as an account of a discussion with Patrick Lusson. What it inspired me: Maybe we should discuss ethical issues in the implementation of strategies. Working in cities is not only about logic, efficiency, political correctness, etc. Some choices depend on what we think is good or bad!

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