Town Hall #59 - Excellence & Better Future - USA
Updated: May 20, 2022

Hosted by Mark Bergin
Guests:
Rick Bell - Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York
Ronnie Peters - Founder and CEO at 360 Design / Creative Director at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
Dan Formosa - Consultant in design / design research / ergonomics / biomechanics
Melissa Cullens - Head of Design at Clearing
Harry West - Professor of Practice at Columbia University / Principal at Invisible Design
Lynnette Galloway - Communications Lead at Apple
Jon Winebrenner - President & Founder at Hurdler Studios
Resources:
Scrapheap Challenge, RDF Television, UK
Junkyard Wars, RDF Television, USA
20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville, 2013
Excelsior, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1841
Great Seal of The State of New York
Guiding Principle for Federal Architecture - GSA
Dog Genome Project - Broad Institute
Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People - Arto Koskinen, 2017
General Magic - Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude & Michael Stern, 2018
Dan Formosa's Excellence Diagram:

Quotes:
Rick:
Excellence is around attributes of sustainability, resilience, social equity and mental wellbeing
Ronnie:
If you're not failing, your not striving for success
Dan:
Excellence requires an orchestration of many things coming together…intentionally and chance
Melissa:
We need to place more value on how we can support one another and create an excellent world rather than an excellent individual
Harry:
It takes a lifetime to receive and recognise excellence
Lynnette:
Excellence is more soulful…it resonates with the community
Jon:
Excellence has gotten us to where we are at
Mark:
Excellence is not necessarily for good