Insights from LA

Humanizing AI: Innovative Leadership and the Future of Human Potential

In an era of rapid technological advancement and growing social uncertainty, humanity finds itself at a crucial crossroads.

May 30 • 

Michael H Kelly

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Reclaiming the California Dream from the Right and the Left

Reclaiming the California Dream from the Right and Left

May 16 • 

Michael H Kelly

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Stop Managing the Optics—Start Managing the City

Why Mayor Karen Bass Should Embrace Peter Drucker’s Philosophy to Build a Functional Los Angeles

May 9 • 

Michael H Kelly

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April 2025

Who Speaks When It Counts? Leadership in an Age of Crisis

Who Speaks When It Counts?

Apr 24 • 

Michael H Kelly

The Path Forward to a More Functional Society: Restoring Meaning and Legitimacy in American Governance

This weekend, Americans took to the streets in all 50 states—not only to protest a political figure but also to demand a government that genuinely works…

Apr 6 • 

Michael H Kelly

March 2025

"Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art." Peter F. Drucker

Rebuilding Pacific Palisades: Historical Land-Use Patterns and Current Challenges

Mar 11 • 

Michael H Kelly

LA...A City of Licenses...Permits... Fines...Fees

Something to pay attention to as the City of Los Angeles struggles with its finances.

Mar 6 • 

Michael H Kelly

Buy Land, No One is Making It Any More...Mark Twain

Los Angeles has always been about land - land development, land speculation, land zoning, and, for the past decade, land banking.

Mar 4 • 

Michael H Kelly

February 2025

CA's $4.1 Trillion Economy

California is not a bad place to turn an idea into a business or create good-paying jobs.

Feb 28 • 

Michael H Kelly

October 2024

What Will It Take To Make Angelenos Happy?

Hint: Jobs, Housing, and Quality of Life

Oct 8, 2024 • 

Michael H Kelly

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Deidre S. Lind

September 2024

The Resilience of Los Angeles as a Global City

Quote of the Week

Sep 18, 2024 • 

Michael H Kelly

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Deidre S. Lind

Los Angeles Needs to Deliver on Its Promise

How? Good Paying Jobs, Affordable Housing, and Equitable Economic Growth Policies

Sep 10, 2024 • 

Michael H Kelly

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Deidre Lind