Equipping placemakers to shape a thriving and equitable city
As she hands over Leaders Plus to focus on Future of Greater Manchester and her London consultancy, Lisa Taylor explains why leadership and networks are so important. And, below, the people who know her best say why she’s made such an impact on the sector. Lisa Taylor started in Montreal … Read more
What makes a city truly happy? For our Future London Leaders cohort, the answer lies in redesigning London’s spaces, systems and services to support wellbeing. Over six months of learning, field trips and collaboration, FLL40 explored how urban design can tackle loneliness, improve mental health, and make daily life more … Read more
Our leadership and talent programmes have now welcomed 1000 alumni into the Future of London network. Find out how the “power of networks” energises place leaders to confront complex urban challenges. After 15 years and over 60 cohorts of our leadership and talent programme, Future of London has fostered a … Read more
As we reach 1,000 alumni from our leadership programmes in, NICOLA MATHERS and LISA TAYLOR reflect on the power of networks to help place leaders collaborate on the biggest urban challenges. “If the aspirations for place are to be secured, we need to equip a new generation of leaders operating … Read more
Mentors are the secret ingredient of our leadership programmes. It’s National Mentoring Day, so we talked to three mentor pairs about building trust, making yourself vulnerable and connecting the personal and the professional. All the candidates on leadership programmes at Future of London and sister organisation Future of Greater Manchester … Read more
What will the new government’s built environment ambitions mean for London? We asked for a briefing from the experts at LCA to find out. It’s been an exciting year for national and London mayoral elections reshaping the political landscape, but what could it mean for built environment delivery in the … Read more
Four teams from our Leaders Plus programme pitched their proposals for reclaiming the street, from women’s safety to engaging young people and community co-design to greening the city. So who won the audience vote? For their final Proposal for London assignment, we asked the Leaders Plus cohort to combine their … Read more
Our Emerging Talent Programme offers work placements so people from ethnic minority backgrounds can launch careers in the industry. Here’s what they said about the opportunity. Congratulations to the candidates from our Emerging Talent Programme who graduated at a buzzing networking event with mentors, host organisations and Future of London … Read more
From retrofit home user guides and active travel incentives to affordable solutions for overheating homes, our Future London Leaders delivered fresh ideas for designing health into homes and neighbourhoods. Where you live plays a huge role in your health. Social circumstances account for over 50% of health while clinical care … Read more
The Emerging Talent Programme is now in its third year. Find out why career-starters from ethnic minority backgrounds value the work placement opportunities and peer support. We welcomed the new recruits to our Emerging Talent Programme, who met each other for the first time this week at their induction day. … Read more
After a six-months of learning and field trips, our Future London Leaders group (FLL34) pitched their ideas for the future of cities, including a game to engage young people and an app with data on the “female experience”. Candidates presented their ideas to an audience of colleagues, mentors, alumni, course … Read more
Our newest Future London Leaders (FLL33) presented their ideas for creating meaningful, and measurable, social value for communities. After a six-month programme of learning and field trips, our Future London Leaders offered quick-fire Pecha Kucha-style presentations on social value. Their innovative ideas included: greening government buildings network tools for social … Read more