Author: Smart City Memphis

Previously published in Memphis Magazine’s City Journal column:St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is home to the world’s smartest young researchers. They come here from around the world to work as postdoctoral fellows...

Why do great strategies fail? That’s the question Michael Raynor asks in his new book, The Strategy Paradox. Michael says the job of leaders is to embrace the inherent uncertainty of strategy and recognize that the future...

First, a reminder. We welcome all suggestions that you have for improving Memphis, particularly as it relates to its competitiveness, its revitalization, its design, its downtown, well, you get the picture: we welcome your ideas...

It’s time for Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton to hit the road.That’s precisely what some of his peers in other cities are already doing.That’s because these mayors are looking for new ways to recharge their batteries, to inspire...

While we continue to welcome any contributions to our weekly spotlight on strategies for improving Memphis, we throw out this question to spark some conversation:If you could be in charge of downtown Memphis for a year, what...

There’s so much that Chattanooga has done right to transform its once underused riverfront into a vibrant public place, and so many lessons that Memphis can learn from its sister Tennessee city. Lesson #1 – do something.We’re...

What would happen if every anchor institution in your city — your universities, libraries, parks, major sports facilities, and museums — were in perfect alignment around a few big goals, contributing their maximum to...

We began a new feature last week spotlighting reader suggestions on ways to improve Memphis. There is no prescribed limit on topics nor any prescribed othodoxy for the recommendations, so please send us your comments as we...

Mike Hollihan has offered another good suggestion for improving Memphis, and we include it as part of our weekly Suggestion Box feature:I’ll throw out something else to be looked at: the city cab situation. It is...

It’s hard to see anything special in Shelby County Schools’ bill in the Tennessee Legislature to become a special school district.More the point, it seems like another one of the county district’s regular gambits aimed at...