Economic Architecture The Podcast

In this week’s episode of Economic Architecture, host Stuart Yasgur sits down with Judith Rodin, the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation, to talk about how a crisis response in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina grew into a global movement to build resilience into how cities operate. Rodin shares the story behind 100 Resilient Cities, the Foundation’s landmark initiative that helped 100 cities around the world create a brand-new role — the chief resilience officer — with the authority to work across every silo of municipal government, not just in a single agency.

Stuart and Judith explore what made the role endure long after Rockefeller’s initial funding ended, from the Hoboken example that turned one piece of infrastructure into three solutions, to the network of resilience officers who shared best practices and attracted new sources of capital. It’s a conversation about how a targeted philanthropic bet turned into a lasting profession, one that today’s students are actively training for.

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How do we solve the problems that really matter? Join host and founder of Economic Architecture, Dr. Stuart Yasgur, in conversation with pioneers at the leading edge of innovation to understand the concrete actions we can take to address the daunting challenges that are shaping our lives.

Through in-depth conversations with innovators, community leaders, experts, and others most proximate to the issues, the Economic Architecture Podcast brings us closer to understanding how we can redesign the market and our collective capacity to solve the important problems we face.

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