This week, host Jonathan Drapkin reflects on the intent and themes of Patterns & Paradigms. Looking back over the past year as we have all faced a pandemic, economic disruption, and social unrest, we are taking note of where we are now.
We recognize that change brings challenge, disruption can create chaos and we’re intentionally choosing to see the silver lining – that opportunity arises. We can shine a light on the things that weren’t working well, that weren’t really working at all. We can regroup, reevaluate, and reengineer.
Check out all of our episodes covering topics from community policing to land use and urban planning, from early education to social enterprise and space travel, from New York City to Mars. We have a whole new lineup of exciting guests and innovative ideas coming up next!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
We are experiencing a paradigm shift, a fundamental
change in the way we usually dothings.
We are intentionally choosing tosee the silver lining
opportunity arises.
We can shine a light on thethings that weren't working well
(00:25):
on those things that weren'treally working at all, we can
regroup reevaluate andre-engineer it's time to explore
new patterns and paradigms thosethat inspire us to rise above
the chaos and explore how theconditions of today can take us
(00:47):
to a better tomorrow
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Patterns and paradigms the pattern podcast
from Hudson Valley pattern forprogress.
You're listening to a specialepisode of season two episode
13, looking back and movingforward.
A reflection on patterns andparadigms with your host
pattern, president and CEO,Jonathan Dropkick.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
This week patterns and paradigms is taking a break,
just like so many of you thathave Easter Passover or the kids
off from school because of theholidays.
What was this podcast about thetheme we were interested in how
(01:30):
the pandemic, the economy andsocial issues could possibly
take us to a better place.
So let me start off with thesobering news.
So first the pandemic, since thestart over 550,000 deaths have
(01:51):
occurred in the United States,550,000.
Never was that in my mind, anumber when the first death
occurred back in February with30 million cases reported, we
(02:14):
now have merely one 10th of thecountry's population having been
infected one 10th of thecountry's population on January
26, there were over 4,000 deathsin a single day and happily on
March 26.
(02:34):
That number was 685.
And yet more than half theStates are seeing their COVID
numbers rise yet again, andthat's despite the proliferation
of the vaccine throughout theUnited States, many States have
(02:55):
chosen to throw caution to thewind and say, you have to wear a
mask.
This led the CDC director, Dr.
Where our shell Willinsky to sayearlier this week that she felt
impending doom is the quote.
If we're not careful in the nextfew weeks to guard against
(03:18):
further infections, the economy,the national economy, and the
unemployment rate currently areat 6.2% yet, chairman of the fed
reserve, Jerome Powell andtreasury secretary, Janet Yellen
(03:40):
had both said that this numberis really the headline number
and that the real unemploymentrate you need to add 3%.
So roughly 9.2%.
And whether you're calculatingit at 6.2 or 9.2, there are at
(04:03):
least 10 million Americans whoare unemployed.
And then there's the socialissues and the social unrest
that were with us before westarted this podcast this week,
the trial of the police officerwho was involved in the killing
(04:25):
of George Floyd began, it wouldbe the demarcation.
When concerns for social justiceexploded, it ignited
conversations about policing andequity.
Those were the three reasons westarted patterns and paradigms,
(04:45):
not to depress you, whichobviously the past year has been
full of pain.
But to say, how do we take thesethree areas and use it as a
launching point to get to abetter place?
We are well into year two of ourpodcast.
(05:07):
Our guests have taken us fromPoughkeepsie, New York to a
program called day one withGeraldine, Laybourne, and Julie
Reese, which is how to expandearly childhood education to
every child in Duchess County tothe planet.
(05:27):
Mars would Cornell professor RobSullivan for local inspiration,
Kelly Lynn guard, and herproject to help fight addiction
through entrepreneurship, knownas unsheltered to big issues
like the future of land use andclimate change would came
(05:48):
element from the open spaceInstitute.
If you are a new listener, goback and sample some of the
earlier as they are quite timelyfor the Hudson Valley, we're
going to need to pay attentionas we move forward.
And for those of us at patternsand paradigms, this is where it
(06:09):
really gets interesting.
The urban refugees and theresettlement in the Hudson
Valley, there is a great debateas to should they come at all.
There are people that say, wedon't want the people from New
York city.
The counter-argument suggests,well, hold on a second.
These are people with money.
(06:30):
They can help restaurants andsmall businesses that suffered
they're educated.
They can help the workforce.
This debate is going to rage.
The changing nature of work.
There's so many aspects of this.
As we try to decide, are wegoing back to work?
(06:50):
Full-time five days a week.
Do we want to stay at home fivedays a week?
And so far survey after surveysuggests it's not going back to
the way it was.
And as to the number orpercentage of people that wish
to return to the workplace thatis unsettled.
(07:11):
This is an enormous issue withenormous comp implications and
complexities.
When you think about New Yorkcity, our neighbor to the South,
it includes questions like, whatdoes this mean for the rail
systems?
What does it mean for all thelarge commercial buildings?
(07:32):
What does it mean to the littlehot dog vendor that relies on
millions of people for lunch?
Every Workday, the integrationof technology is yet another one
that has exploded in one year.
We saw what probably would havetaken 10.
(07:54):
And if you really want your mindblown, look for the segment on
60 minutes on Boston dynamics,you have to watch it to see the
state of robots and where theyare.
Um, but it makes the oldTerminator movie look like, wait
(08:15):
a minute, this is all real.
Then there is the broaderdiscussion, which we turn to
often on patterns and paradigmsabout housing for low-income.
We look at affordable.
There wasn't enough before thepandemic, and we need to
(08:38):
aggressively provide housing forlow income people.
But it's not just low-income.
It seems as if every level ofhousing has shortfalls.
Middle-income where if you, youknow, let's say, can earn$15 an
hour or more.
Let's say even$30 an hour, isthere enough housing to meet
(09:03):
your needs?
We think not.
And then the high end, well,with all the people coming up
from New York city, the sale ofhomes has reached new highs
supply for all three isdwindling.
And this is the crisis of 2021for the Hudson Valley.
(09:30):
Uh, we recently did a programwith three County executives.
They all highlighted the needfor housing at all levels.
Just one note of caution.
If you are a seller and you arelooking at the number you can
get for your house, please,please remember to have a plan.
(09:51):
What comes next?
It's great.
If you can sell your house forthe price that you never dreamed
of, but then where are you goingto live?
So as we end the first quarterof 2021, while there is still
much of the pandemic economicdisruption and questions of
(10:17):
social equity that we need toaddress, we choose to be excited
about what comes next.
We choose not to look at quoteunquote impending.
Do we have booked guests for allof April and all of may?
So please join us.
(10:38):
This is Jonathan.
Dropkin the president and CEO ofHudson Valley pattern for
progress.
We'll be with you
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Next week.
Thank you for tuning in topatterns and paradigms the
pattern podcast.
For more information about thisepisode, visit our website
pattern for progress.org forwardslash podcast.
We are experiencing a paradigm shift, a fundamental
change in the way we usually dothings.
We are intentionally choosing tosee the silver lining
opportunity arises.
We can shine a light on thethings that weren't working well
(00:25):
on those things that weren'treally working at all, we can
regroup reevaluate andre-engineer it's time to explore
new patterns and paradigms thosethat inspire us to rise above
the chaos and explore how theconditions of today can take us
(00:47):
to a better tomorrow
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Patterns and paradigms the pattern podcast
from Hudson Valley pattern forprogress.
You're listening to a specialepisode of season two episode
13, looking back and movingforward.
A reflection on patterns andparadigms with your host
pattern, president and CEO,Jonathan Dropkick.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
This week patterns and paradigms is taking a break,
just like so many of you thathave Easter Passover or the kids
off from school because of theholidays.
What was this podcast about thetheme we were interested in how
(01:30):
the pandemic, the economy andsocial issues could possibly
take us to a better place.
So let me start off with thesobering news.
So first the pandemic, since thestart over 550,000 deaths have
(01:51):
occurred in the United States,550,000.
Never was that in my mind, anumber when the first death
occurred back in February with30 million cases reported, we
(02:14):
now have merely one 10th of thecountry's population having been
infected one 10th of thecountry's population on January
26, there were over 4,000 deathsin a single day and happily on
March 26.
(02:34):
That number was 685.
And yet more than half theStates are seeing their COVID
numbers rise yet again, andthat's despite the proliferation
of the vaccine throughout theUnited States, many States have
(02:55):
chosen to throw caution to thewind and say, you have to wear a
mask.
This led the CDC director, Dr.
Where our shell Willinsky to sayearlier this week that she felt
impending doom is the quote.
If we're not careful in the nextfew weeks to guard against
(03:18):
further infections, the economy,the national economy, and the
unemployment rate currently areat 6.2% yet, chairman of the fed
reserve, Jerome Powell andtreasury secretary, Janet Yellen
(03:40):
had both said that this numberis really the headline number
and that the real unemploymentrate you need to add 3%.
So roughly 9.2%.
And whether you're calculatingit at 6.2 or 9.2, there are at
(04:03):
least 10 million Americans whoare unemployed.
And then there's the socialissues and the social unrest
that were with us before westarted this podcast this week,
the trial of the police officerwho was involved in the killing
(04:25):
of George Floyd began, it wouldbe the demarcation.
When concerns for social justiceexploded, it ignited
conversations about policing andequity.
Those were the three reasons westarted patterns and paradigms,
(04:45):
not to depress you, whichobviously the past year has been
full of pain.
But to say, how do we take thesethree areas and use it as a
launching point to get to abetter place?
We are well into year two of ourpodcast.
(05:07):
Our guests have taken us fromPoughkeepsie, New York to a
program called day one withGeraldine, Laybourne, and Julie
Reese, which is how to expandearly childhood education to
every child in Duchess County tothe planet.
(05:27):
Mars would Cornell professor RobSullivan for local inspiration,
Kelly Lynn guard, and herproject to help fight addiction
through entrepreneurship, knownas unsheltered to big issues
like the future of land use andclimate change would came
(05:48):
element from the open spaceInstitute.
If you are a new listener, goback and sample some of the
earlier as they are quite timelyfor the Hudson Valley, we're
going to need to pay attentionas we move forward.
And for those of us at patternsand paradigms, this is where it
(06:09):
really gets interesting.
The urban refugees and theresettlement in the Hudson
Valley, there is a great debateas to should they come at all.
There are people that say, wedon't want the people from New
York city.
The counter-argument suggests,well, hold on a second.
These are people with money.
(06:30):
They can help restaurants andsmall businesses that suffered
they're educated.
They can help the workforce.
This debate is going to rage.
The changing nature of work.
There's so many aspects of this.
As we try to decide, are wegoing back to work?
(06:50):
Full-time five days a week.
Do we want to stay at home fivedays a week?
And so far survey after surveysuggests it's not going back to
the way it was.
And as to the number orpercentage of people that wish
to return to the workplace thatis unsettled.
(07:11):
This is an enormous issue withenormous comp implications and
complexities.
When you think about New Yorkcity, our neighbor to the South,
it includes questions like, whatdoes this mean for the rail
systems?
What does it mean for all thelarge commercial buildings?
(07:32):
What does it mean to the littlehot dog vendor that relies on
millions of people for lunch?
Every Workday, the integrationof technology is yet another one
that has exploded in one year.
We saw what probably would havetaken 10.
(07:54):
And if you really want your mindblown, look for the segment on
60 minutes on Boston dynamics,you have to watch it to see the
state of robots and where theyare.
Um, but it makes the oldTerminator movie look like, wait
(08:15):
a minute, this is all real.
Then there is the broaderdiscussion, which we turn to
often on patterns and paradigmsabout housing for low-income.
We look at affordable.
There wasn't enough before thepandemic, and we need to
(08:38):
aggressively provide housing forlow income people.
But it's not just low-income.
It seems as if every level ofhousing has shortfalls.
Middle-income where if you, youknow, let's say, can earn$15 an
hour or more.
Let's say even$30 an hour, isthere enough housing to meet
(09:03):
your needs?
We think not.
And then the high end, well,with all the people coming up
from New York city, the sale ofhomes has reached new highs
supply for all three isdwindling.
And this is the crisis of 2021for the Hudson Valley.
(09:30):
Uh, we recently did a programwith three County executives.
They all highlighted the needfor housing at all levels.
Just one note of caution.
If you are a seller and you arelooking at the number you can
get for your house, please,please remember to have a plan.
(09:51):
What comes next?
It's great.
If you can sell your house forthe price that you never dreamed
of, but then where are you goingto live?
So as we end the first quarterof 2021, while there is still
much of the pandemic economicdisruption and questions of
(10:17):
social equity that we need toaddress, we choose to be excited
about what comes next.
We choose not to look at quoteunquote impending.
Do we have booked guests for allof April and all of may?
So please join us.
(10:38):
This is Jonathan.
Dropkin the president and CEO ofHudson Valley pattern for
progress.
We'll be with you
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Next week.
Thank you for tuning in topatterns and paradigms the
pattern podcast.
For more information about thisepisode, visit our website
pattern for progress.org forwardslash podcast.
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