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Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP)

Women’s Economic Empowerment? Put it in a Charter! Canada’s Feminist International Assistance … More
Davos: Rebooting Globalization 4.0

In January 2019, I was invited back to the World Economic Forum (WEF) side forum to continue the … More
Davos: shared human values in a time of bad behaviour

Bad behaviour is perhaps one way to capture the ethos of today’s global political arena. Not … More
Belize: Regenerating the urban Caribbean

Even in the most idyllic of setting effective community economic development requires sustainable … More
Canada: Literally getting on board

How do you get your message across an entire nation? Engaging citizens and municipal stakeholders in … More
Vietnam: From peasant economy to prosperity

How do socialist-oriented municipal governments participate in a global democratic market economy to … More

What 60,820kms taught me about economic development

It's been about two years and 60,820kms since I founded Build Strong Cities Corp. Over the past two years I've worked in North America, Eastern Europe, The Caribbean, and Vietnam. The experiences have been remarkable and … More

Your brand already exists in the mind of your citizens.

It’s a truism generally understood by brand managers and product marketers. When it comes to consumer goods, we marketers agree that a consumer’s perception of a brand is the sum of his or her experiences of the product, or … More

BSC’s Messaging Matrix – the place marketing tool for economic development

I’ve worked all over the world. Talking. Economic development. It’s not surprising when I get asked “how can you speak with such authority about all the places you’ve worked?” Simple. The BSC Messaging Matrix. A powerful … More