Point of view: Planning still waits for Einstein

The entries to the Admap Prize: Planning 3.0 demonstrated that planning as a discipline appears a bit lost.

Point of view: Planning still waits for Einstein

John WoodwardPublicis Worldwide

Being a judge on The Admap Prize: Planning 3.0 (winning essays featured in June's Admap) was fascinating. Without any disrespect to the high quality of the entries, it's clear that we as a 'profession' are a bit lost. Not that there aren't interesting ideas on the future of planning. Quite the contrary, there are, if anything, too many.

Caught between the era of TV (which won't end any time soon, and will continue to exert a strong force on thinking) and the era of pervasive...

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