Showing posts with label CNN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CNN. Show all posts

Friday, November 15, 2013

More education on and learning needed by public sector in crisis management?

 Makati City, PHL    November 15, 2013

                     

Ochoa, Almendras now in charge of relief operations

We were discussing with some AGSB professors critiquing the management and leadership of the Yolanda typhoon victims relief operations. We may say that the way CNN criticized PNOY was uncalled for but our kababayan were at the bad end of mismanagement and lack of forceful leadership. 

The supertyphoon was bad enough but the allegations on the challenges of  the ground operations definitely needed improvement:    relief distribution, relief , id of the dead, their retrieval and burial, security, cleandliness and clearing operations, and even handling of pr and interviews.  We were pitiful due to the typhoon, and we were sorry mess in the management of the crisis.  Some further  education of public sector is  needed on how to manage and lead such difficulties

Education leads to better action and handling of difficulties.

We had an MBAH student before who was the deputy of the Disaster Coordinating Council a Dr. and I gave my kudos for the able handling of the disaster in Infanta and Real Quezon (he handled it better than Americans handled Katrina victims)  He became a congressman in the central Visayas.  People were satisfied with how handled the disaster.

Ondoy relief efforts under Dr. Golez


 

 


Saturday, October 26, 2013

Spectacular Train Stations; was Tutuban train station one of them?

Repost from CNN NewsThe interior of the Liège-Guillemin station in Liege, Belgium. The facility's ultra-modern glass and steel facade is featured in promotional posters for upcoming Wikileaks docu-drama, The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Although far from Belgium's biggest or busiest station, Liège-Guillemin is fully equipped for high speed arrivals and departures as well as commuter trains.



We had a group work exercise on ideation and innovation which concerned megacities.  The major topics included architecture, energy, mass transportation, waste disposal.  And the class submitted a lot of ideas;  it shows the degree of engagement and the development of creativity among students. 

This article at CNN shows that you can have great transport system and great architecture at the same time.  Our MRT and LRT train stations are uninspiring.  Can they be made more appealing and compelling in the future?

The Tutuban train station looked great before, right?


                   

                   

 The classy yellow facade and green copper dome of Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia. The century-old structure is the busiest suburban railway station in the southern hemisphere with 110,000 commuters passing through each day, according to the City of Melbourne.


Saturday, October 5, 2013

CNNs technology series - make, create, innovate


                              

This should be a good reference for you to tickle your imagination for the NU 12.  Reading more stimulates your right brain thinking and your creativity.

We will have an exercise on urban innovation, new cities next meeting.

CNN tech - make, create, innovate