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Imagine a city where you are always stuck in traffic.
It is not that hard, right?
A few weeks about I wrote about what cities can learn from airports. But what if airports instead where run like cities?
Follow yourself on a one day return trip to Paris from Copenhagen. And get a first hand view of the three things that would make air travel feel like you are stuck in traffic.
Poor management of the bottlenecks, like gates and landing strip
Lack of clear and joint goals between the different parts
Poor coordination between the different organisations
In 1996 Lionel Messi was 9 years old. In that same year Ronaldo from Brazil was considered the best footballer in the world. Messi was not nearly good enough to even be considered among the candidates for the accolade. He was too small, too young and altogether lacking in experience. Messi probably had promise yet was without a doubt inferior in all aspects of the game if compared to Ronaldo of that same year.
However, we do not do that.
A few weeks ago UITP, an organization that brings together public transport authorities around the world and other sustainable transport operators, released a manifesto with a four step plan to help save the planet from the climate crisis. It is not a bad manifesto, but it is too little, too late.
There is an African proverb that says “If you want to go fast - go alone. If you want to go far - go together ”. Unfortunately for you and most organizations, there is no choice between speed and collaboration. You can’t choose one over the other, you need both
What if all change needs the same prerequisites, regardless if you want to loose or gain weight or change a company?
If we are to believe history, your map should have empty areas, or you are in trouble.