Humor can be a powerful management tool. Humor reminds us of our collective humanity and renders even the worst decision tolerable. Although humor can manifest itself in widely different ways, humor is a trait shared across all cultures, ages and genders.

It’s OK, CEOs are allowed to laugh too, Smart Business Magazine

Today, the foundation behind LA2050—an initiative to draft a comprehensive road map for the city’s future—announced the winners of this year’s My LA2050 Grants Challenge, a funding competition with a difference: The public got to choose five of the 10 winners, who will share a $1 million bounty.

Young L.A. Is the Real Winner of LA2050, CityLab

LA2050 and The Atlantic hosted a virtual Twitter party to kickoff the conversation about discovering urban solutions to global problems taking place at this year’s CityLab event.

You Asked, They Answered L.A. leaders and city activists answer virtual questions at LA2050 and The Atlantic’s Twitter party online, The Atlantic

The president of Goldhirsh Foundation launched LA2050, a civic advocacy program that invests in the future of L.A.

Los Angeles Magazine: Tara Roth Could Make L.A.’s Dreams Come True

Tara Roth Could Make L.A.’s Dreams Come True, LA Woman of the Year, LA Magazine

LA2050 — an initiative backed by the Goldhirsh Foundation — has opened online voting for its 2014 Grants Challenge, which will see a total of $1 million doled out and distributed evenly among 10 winning submissions.

LA2050 Opens Online Voting for 2014 Grants Challenge, The Hollywood Reporter

Right on the heels of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s triumphant announcement of the $1-billion investment on the Los Angeles River, came concerns of longtime residents being pushed out in favor of developers looking to turn a profit on what is now prime real estate.

Mayor Garcetti Addresses Gentrification Concerns Along L.A. River, KCET

In 2013, the Goldhirsh Foundation launched LA2050, an initiative to create a shared vision for the future of Los Angeles, and to drive and track progress toward that vision. LA2050 looked at the health of the region through eight key indicators and made informed projections about where Los Angeles would be in the year 2050 if the city continued operate and the people continued to live as they are now.

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