President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Sec. of Transportation Ray LaHood held a press conference today to announce a new U.S. push to transform travel in America, creating high-speed rail lines from city to city, reducing dependence on cars and planes and spurring economic development.

The President laid…

Diverse groups translate their knowledge into innovation better than homogenous groups.  This makes it vital that cities find ways to enhance, map and tap into the diverse knowledge available to them to better their creative performance.

Identifying, encouraging, and accessing varied knowledge domains and talent pools as a way…