Our winter special issue features contributions on circular cities, highlighting the importance of urban centers in promoting cross-sector coordination and regenerative innovation in food, energy, construction, and waste
Shift governance effort from building approval layers and processes toward building shared infrastructure, clear conventions, and routines that help learning circulate.
The central managerial challenge is therefore not AI adoption, but redesigning M&A processes, staffing models, governance, and integration capability to not outpace decision quality and execution capacity.
AI agents have transitioned from "tools" to "actors" where humans set boundaries and "guardrail agents" physically block high-risk actions in real-time.