FRI-B04: Nimble Innovation 2.0—The Possibility Government Toolkit in Action

Friday, November 11, 2022

11:00am – 12:00pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Room 201-202

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Jennifer L. Brooks, ASLA

Design and Construction Project Manager
Mecklenburg County Asset and Facility Management
Charlotte, North Carolina

Speaker(s)

Fiona M. Lyon, ASLA, LEED Green Associate

Design/Program Manager
TriMet - Transit-oriented Development
Portland, Oregon
Solange Y. Guillaume, ASLA, PLA, NGICP

Associate Landscape Architect
San Francisco Public Works
Penngrove, California

Landscape architects are innovators and risk takers; we bring possibility government to public service. Building on the conversation started at ASLA 2021, this session introduces a possibility government toolkit to elevate local projects. See how three intrapreneurial women apply these tools in practice locally in San Francisco and also across the country.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn five tools that execute nimble innovation (innovative practice) in local government.
Identify the challenges and opportunities of possibility government in practice.
Understand how examples of government design that took innovative risks provide pathways to social equity and environmental justice.
Identify and explore examples of government design in our host city that used nimble innovation to achieve surprising and overlooked visions.