We’ve Learned Some Things, You Know?
When the evidence tells us that familiar thinking and behavior can no longer produce the future we want, will we continue only doing what we know?
October 2, 2026
CZB THINKING
Across places and projects, we see recurring challenges, emerging possibilities, and lessons worth sharing. The ideas here come from that experience, grounded in real work and written to be useful to the people leading communities forward.
NEWS
Short, direct updates — what we’re seeing in the field, project milestones, speaking engagements, and things worth flagging in real time.
PERSPECTIVES
Longer-form thinking and opinion on the issues shaping housing, growth, and local government, where we stand, and why.
When the evidence tells us that familiar thinking and behavior can no longer produce the future we want, will we continue only doing what we know?
Clarity is the hard work of determining what is actually true, distinguishing signal from noise, and making costs, consequences, and tradeoffs visible.
What does it look like when a community insists it doesn’t have a housing problem, but the data proves otherwise?
