Worth Your Attention

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• Prepare for a flattened hierarchy. Have contingencies for your contingencies. Mind cadence and timing. Three of several lessons Lou Rosenfeld and his team learned from producing the virtual Advancing Research Conference.

• Four scenarios for the post-pandemic world (pdf), from a distinguished team co-led by Peter Schwartz, one of the originators of scenario planning.

• Good advice for collaborating remotely.

• Andy Polaine on designing for the long-term. (Includes landscape architecture as a model!)

• A website that helps you help your favorite independent bookstore during the pandemic.

• An MIT resource to help K-12 students learn about AI.

• “As the party grows, brands have started to eye [Zoom] as a new way to access youth culture.” Clubbing in information.

• “The Burning Man Multiverse in 2020.” Burning in information.

• Remaining relevant when markets disappear.

• “We will meet again”: Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary message about the pandemic.