Charles Montgomery
Founder of Happy Cities | Award-Winning Journalist | Author of Happy City
Our relationships are shaped by design—which means that better design can help us rebuild trust, connection, and community.
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
Most of the world’s population lives in cities, with more people migrating to urban centers every day. Our cities and communities speakers are using technology, psychology, science, and art to figure out how we can build happier, more sustainable places to live.
Founder of Happy Cities | Award-Winning Journalist | Author of Happy City
Our relationships are shaped by design—which means that better design can help us rebuild trust, connection, and community.
Author of Palaces for the People and 2020 | Award-Winning Sociologist | Director of NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge
To save our democracy, we must invest in our cities, our people, and our institutions today.
Harvard Economist | MacArthur Genius Studying Economic Opportunity | Director of Opportunity Insights
Build pathways to opportunity today—and unlock economic growth, thriving communities, and prosperity for generations to come.
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Bestselling Author, Unreliable Boyfriend and Plutocrats | CEO of the Rhodes Trust
America doesn't know what role it wants to play on the world stage. It takes an outsider, like Canada's former deputy prime minister, to reveal its true colors—and its potential.
Award-Winning Toy Designer of the World-Renowned Rigamajig | Author, Playful | Founder and Principal Designer at Toy Company Heroes Will Rise
Play encourages curiosity, collaboration, and creativity for the world's most innovative companies.
Founder and Director, MIT Self-Assembly Lab | Associate Professor of Design Research, MIT
The robots of the future won't require batteries. We can use simple materials to build smart, sustainable, and scalable solutions to real-world problems.
MacArthur Foundation Chair and Professor of Law, UCLA | Author, Global Racism | Former United Nations Legal Expert
What happens when we replace racism with dignity? When we choose cooperation over conflict? The future of the human species depends on our ability to act as one.