37 episodes
Patterns & Paradigms | The Pattern Podcast Pattern for Progress
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- Society & Culture
Let's explore how the conditions of today can take us to a better tomorrow. We are experiencing a Paradigm Shift. A fundamental change - an important change - in the way we usually do things. There is no question that our pre-pandemic patterns have been disrupted. We are never going back to the way things were. We are looking at it as an opportunity to shine a light on things. If you are willing to join the discussion as to how things could be better, then they will be better. It's time to explore new patterns and paradigms - those that inspire us to rise above the chaos. Who are our innovators? The ones who see things differently? Who has said there has to be a better way? At Pattern for Progress, we spend a great deal of our time addressing the realities of the Hudson Valley. So in conceiving a podcast, we thought it urgent to help those who want to think of what comes next. Not the next catastrophe, but the next thing we can aspire to. In the midst of a Pandemic, economic upheaval and social unrest, is it possible to use this as a jumping off point to make things better? Can we perhaps fix a few things that should have been addressed a long time ago? We recognize that change brings challenge, disruption can create chaos and we are intentionally choosing to see the silver lining - that opportunity arises. We can shine a light on the things that weren't working well, that weren't really working at all. We can regroup, reevaluate, and reengineer. So, let us challenge conventional wisdom and the status quo. Let us rebuild better.
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Season 2 Episode 21 | Urban Concepts with Jared Rodriguez
Do our neighborhoods reflect our natural community patterns? Have we designed them to create economic success? We gravitate towards highly interconnected walkable ecosystems, but somewhere along the way we've turned away from that natural inclination, compartmentalizing our cities so that offices and commercial uses are separate, making the retail businesses surrounding them dependent on the 9-5 workers that frequent the area and leaving the neighborhood emptied outside of traditional office ...
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Season 2 Episode 20: The Future of Commercial Development with Guy Leibler & Kevin Plunkett
How has the pandemic shaped the future of commercial development? This week we're looking at the future of commercial and industrial development, exploring the future of healthcare centers and models, and considering the future of residential development in response to the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.This week's episode features Guy Leibler, President of Simone Healthcare Development, and Kevin Plunkett, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Simone Development.
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Season 2 Episode 19 | The Future of the Arts and Small Theaters with Chris Silva
The Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. operates the oldest continuously operating theater in the state, one of the oldest in the country right here in the Hudson Valley, as well as the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and presents in venues including the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and Kingston’s Ulster Performing Arts Center. The organization offers affordable, world-class arts education programs, music, dance, theater, live in HD broadcasts, and classic films for the di...
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Season 2 Episode 18 | Newly Elected to the New York State Senate with Michelle Hinchey, Mike Martucci, and Elijah Reichlin-Melnick
In this special episode, we tune into the Delaware Engineering Government Series which explores governing in the time of COVID with regional government leadership to meet newly elected New York State Senators Michelle Hinchey, Mike Martucci, and Elijah Reichlin-Melnick. Each in their thirties, unfiltered and inspiring, these remarkable young State Senators ran and won their campaigns during the COVID-19 Pandemic, shifting from the traditional campaign playbook to all virtual campaigns focused...
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Season 2 Episode 17: Conflict & Resolution with Dr. Joshua N. Weiss
How do you approach conflict? Do you seek to change minds or do you seek common ground? As it turns out, our views may be closer than we think, and finding that out is the key to successfully negotiating resolution.This week's episode features Dr. Joshua N. Weiss, the co-founder, with William Ury, of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He is also the Director and creator of the Master of Science degree in Leadership a...
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Season 2 Episode 16: The Marvel of Moving Water to NYC with Adam Bosch
New York City's water supply system is the largest municipal water supply system in the United States. This modern marvel of engineering consists of 19 reservoirs and 3 lakes that store 570 billion gallons of water when full, delivering that water through 400 miles of aqueducts to 8.5 million people in New York City and another 1 million people in 72 communities throughout the Hudson Valley - by gravity alone. This system shaped the design of older neighborhoods in New York City - the powerfu...