WORKING WITH THE GRAIN: Integrating governance and growth

The USA’s upcoming midterms elections are certain to bring drama, – and not just the familiar, nail-biting drama of counting the votes.

LA’s governance arrangements for addressing homelessness continue to evolve – with continuing fluidity as to how the various parts align with each other.

What will it take for business to wake up to the reality that the times no longer call for business as usual – and act before the house burns to the point that its institutional foundations are destroyed?

How can we break the spell of a toxic downward spiral?

In a recent podcast, a year after Abundance’s publication, Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson and Marc Dunkelman took stock of where things stand.

A month ago, as part of a series of short pieces on Abundance, I signaled that I was working on an article that considered Los Angeles’ homelessness challenge through an Abundance lens; the article has now been published in American Purpose.

(Part of a series) What will it take to break the downward spiral of polarization in which we seem trapped?

(Part of a series) What will it take to break the downward spiral of polarization in which we seem trapped?

(part of a series) Increasingly, we seem trapped in an accelerating downward spiral of polarization, with no way out.

(Abundance series #3) Ideas can help break an accelerating downward spiral of polarization by offering inspiration – but to be credible, a positive vision also needs to be accompanied by a practical agenda for action.

In 2023, I began a program of research on some innovative governance arrangements for addressing homelessness that LA’s political, civic, bureaucratic and private sector leaders put in place as part of a determined effort to finally come to grips with a l…