June 24, 2009

This week on Smart City we'll talk about the most important rules for business and life from the founder of Fast Company Magazine, Alan Webber. He's written a book that's half how-to business book and half memoir called "Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self ".
And we'll speak with . He's the co-founder of the Bryant Park Corporation in New York, a private organization that transformed Bryant Park from a dangerous and depressing eyesore, to one of best loved and most intensely used urban parks in the world.
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