SHE Smart and Happy Environments #2 (English)

S H E
Smart & happy environments
THE ABAYOMI METHODOLOGY
by Patricia Fraga
FREEDOM TO BE HAPPY:
The Business Case for Happiness
by Matthew Phelan
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES FOR
CHANGE:
The Key Role of the Happy Cities Activist.
by Pedro de Sousa Santos
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Editorial
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It is with great joy that we celebrate the releasing
of the second volume of the magazine “SHE: Smart
and Happy Environment”, in the English version.
This achievement was only possible due to the
contribution of professionals from different areas
of activity who dedicated a little of their time and
contributed with their texts, their reflections, and
their knowledge, to make this happen.
We are grateful to them for their contribution to
the magazine and to our readers.
The exchange of knowledge is one of the
objectives of the Abayomi Academy. And this
exchange allows us to connect professionals
interested in promoting smart and happy
environments, develop research and share
knowledge through education and
communication, with the aim of helping to
improve the quality of life and happiness in
communities.
The Abayomi Methodology is the center of the
activities we develop and, in this first volume in
English, we present the methodology and some
of its dimensions.
Themes such as happiness in the workplace,
happy cities, space, time, creativity, people,
student success and the promotion of
happiness are addressed by our collaborating
authors.
We hope that it is an interesting and pleasant
reading and that it can help you to reflect on
the themes.
Executive Director
Abayomi Academy
Patrícia Fraga

may 2021
# 02
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SMART AND HAPPY ENVIRONMENT
SHE
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WHO IS abayomi?
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THE ABAYOMI
METHODOLOGY
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Freedom To Be
Happy: The Business
Case for Happiness
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Communications
Sciences for
Change
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Space and Time: Are
they fundamental
to happiness?
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Can Creative
Thinking Boost
Your Wellbeing &
Happiness?
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It's All About
People! The
pandemic time
changes the world
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Supporting Student
Success in West
Baltimore Through
Multi-disciplinary
Teams

WHO IS
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IS ABAYOMI?
WHO
bringing happiness into your space
Abayomi LLC is a consulting firm in
the state of Florida, United States.
The term “Abayomi” means “the one
who brings happiness” and
represents the company's objective
of contributing to the promotion of
smart and happy cities by drawing
up guidelines for the readjustment
of spaces (public or private, opened
or closed), and management
proposals. Abayomi has an
international network of partner
companies, associate professionals,
and consultants, from different
areas of knowledge, researchers,
academics, institutional leaders,
business professionals, and
undergraduate and graduate
students who come together around
the same principles and ideals. We
develop research on architectural
and urban spaces that promote
people's happiness and the best use
of available technology and
resources.
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Based on the concepts of smart and
happy spaces and cities, we develop
research and analysis of the
happiness and intelligence index in
open spaces, built or in the planning
phase, with the participation of the
local community. These studies and
research generate diagnostics and
reports of the analyzed areas,
presenting action proposals in the
areas of management, architecture,
interior design, urbanism and
education. We developed the
Abayomi Methodology, which is the
basis of the Analysis of Intelligence
and Happiness in the Environments
- AIFA and some of the topics we
cover are presented in the articles
that make up this magazine. We
invite you to be inspired by the
themes.

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Are we
happy as a
community?
ABAYOMI METHODOLOGY
THE
DEVELOPING SMART SPACES AND PROMOTING USER HAPPINESS
By Patricia Fraga
Architect, PhD, founder and Chief Happiness Officer at
Abayomi, LLC, dedicated to the promotion of happiness
based on the concepts of smart cities and spaces.
The first publications about Smart
Cities date back more than two
decades. Not all countries followed at
the same pace, but today we can say
that it is a global trend.
The largest Smart Cities event in the
world is the Smart Cities Expo World
Congress, in Barcelona, which has been
happening since 2011, and has already
received more than 128,458 visitors in
the 9 years of the congress, with an
increase of almost 400% comparing the
audience in 2011 and 2019. Last year
alone, there were almost 25,000 visitors
paying tickets between 110 and 995
euros.
The 2019 event was attended by more
than 700 cities in 146 countries on 5
continents. It had more than 400
speakers, 1,010 exhibitors, 574
journalists, 45,000 m2 of exhibition
area and an impact of 90 million dollars
in the region. The biggest technology
companies were present in the event.

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The forecast for 2020, made from
a study of 100 smart cities by the
company Deloitte, which provides
consultancy to Fortuna 500
companies, was that smart cities
could generate a return of 60
billion dollars. This was before
the pandemic. Certainly, the
whole world has suffered
consequences that were not
foreseen. Architect magazine, in
January 2019, before the
pandemic, reported that:
The smart city market will
grow to $ 2.57 trillion by 2025.
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The use of technology on a daily
basis is indisputable. Internet of
Things (IoT), Blockchain, Artificial
Intelligence, 5G are increasingly
concrete realities and in more
cities. We observed, however,
other worrying statistical data in
relation to cities, people, and
quality of life. Research shows that
the number of juvenile suicide has
increased by 56% in the last
decade. A person commits suicide
every 40 seconds. Approximately 1
million people per year, estimated
to reach 1.5 million in 2020, before
talking about a pandemic. And
suicide attempts are thought to be
up to 20 times greater than the
number of deaths.
Stress and burnout have become a
growing phenomenon and have
increased considerably in the past
decade. At least 17% of American
adults are referred for burnout
care. The global concern is so
great that, in 2019, the World
Health Organization included it in
the catalog of Classification of
diseases (ICD-11) as an
occupational phenomenon.
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Suicide, stress and burnout are just a few
examples that data from smart cities and
people's quality of life do not go hand in
hand.
There is a lot to be rethought! After all, if
financial and technological investments
have been high and have increased
considerably in the last few decades, why
has this not reflected in people's quality
of life and in the happiness index? How
can we help to change this scenario so
that cities are promoters of happiness?
The Abayomi Methodology was developed
with a focus on citizens and the
promotion of happiness based on the
study of city spaces and the elements
that contribute to making them smart
spaces, making and developing
technology that contribute to improving
the quality of life of citizens.
As a citizen, we must be prepared to
act smartly in relation to the spaces
where we live and also to be happy in
those spaces.
The center of every proposal
for spaces and cities is the
citizen! A smart city is one
that puts technology at the
service of the citizens and the
happiness of individuals and
communities.
Indicators
Indicators
Indicators
Indicators
Indicators
Indicators

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The indicators of the Abayomi
Methodology are related to the citizen,
considering that we live in community
and we relate to other people, who also
have these indicators in relation to
their spaces. It is necessary to think
about the individual and the collective.
The Abayomi Methodology fills a gap in
the study of cities, and built and open
spaces, connecting different areas of
knowledge and directing them to the
citizen.
These areas or dimensions are:
1) Physical and Digital Space
2) Innovative Management
3) Health and Well-being
4) Communication
5) Human Relations.
These dimensions and their indicators
were defined after extensive analysis
widely used for sustainable and
intelligent constructions, and also for the
perception of the happiness index.
Among the researches studied, we can
highlight those carried out by the USGBC,
Well, Smart Cities Council, Gallup
Institute, Unesco, etc.
The Abayomi Methodology is the main
basis of ASHE - Analysis of the
Smartness and Happiness of the
Environment. It is an organic, lively,
changeable, diverse methodology, as are
the characteristics of populations,
different times and places. It offers
guidelines for architectural, urban,
landscape and interior design planning;
management or communication
guidelines specific to each new space,
physical or digital, or to reform or
readjust these.

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Always considering user citizens as the center of all proposals, at ASHE we follow
three steps:
The first step is a previous investigation of
the space, a comprehensive diagnosis that
directs the survey of the relevant indicators
to be observed both from a physical point of
view (constructive, technological, design,
etc.), as well as from a human point of view
(management, users and their
interrelationships). All users of this space
must be considered. Contact with them can
be made through different techniques, such
as questionnaires, interviews and games.
They answer about their perception in
relation to that space, human relationships,
the path to get to and from this space,
administration, among other issues.
From the diagnosis, come the steps of
tabulation and analysis of the collected data.
The more detailed the diagnosis, the better
the result of ASHE. The data analysis stage
considers other studies already
consolidated in the five areas of knowledge
of the five dimensions of the Abayomi
Methodology as parameters for defining
more favorable indexes to achieve the goals
for this space and population.
The proposed solutions present the most
appropriate guidelines for the space and
its population, analyzed with the objective
of making the best use of the available
resources for an intelligent construction
or urbanism that contributes to the
promotion of individual and collective
happiness. These guidelines refer to
Abayomi's 3 axes of action and which are
intrinsically related to space and the
promotion of happiness based on this:
Space itself, whether physical or digital;
space management and communication.
In the new urban scenario that is being
designed from 2020, with the challenges
arising from the pandemic and related to
health care and environments, there is an
urgent need to look at smart spaces and
cities beyond technology and
sustainability. And that is not only the
role of the architect, the urban planner,
the manager or the doctor. A
multidisciplinary and human look is
essential, observing the new needs of
individuals and the collective as a whole.
The Abayomi Methodology facilitates this
view and is open to contributions that
may add and feed it for a greater good
that is the happiness of all.

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TO BE HAPPY:
FREEDOM
BUSINESS CASE FOR HAPPINESS
THE
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By Matthew Phelan
Matt Phelan is a Co-Founder and Head of Global
Happiness at the Happiness Index. In his day to day role
he is responsible for the global expansion of the business.
Matt is founder of The Happiness and Humans
Community, host of The Happiness and Humans Podcast
and author of the published book Freedom To Be Happy:
The Business Case for Happiness
We live in a world where emotions have been completely removed from the
workplace. They’re seen as unnecessary and unprofessional, and instead we focus on
driving results and hitting KPIS. While we all know that the bottom line is important
for any business, this approach is somewhat short sighted because scientific studies
show us that happiness actually drives results, not the other way round. Creating a
healthy, happy, and above all human workplace will actually help you achieve the
business goals you set for yourself.

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We have studies to back this up. Let’s
have a quick look at three studies
which build our case. Firstly, a 2005
study by Lyubomikrsky et al concluded
that
“Happiness... leads to success.
Happy people show more frequent
positive affect and specific adaptive
characteristics.”
Now that we've seen definitively that
happy workplaces are more
successful, more productive, and more
creative problem solvers, the question
becomes how do we create a happy
workplace? Well the first step is to
accept that no workplace will always
be happy. If 2020 has taught us
anything, it’s that being happy all the
time is unrealistic, the world is too
unpredictable and outside events have
a large impact on our work. I estimate
we’ll be feeling the effects of Covid-19
for at least 3 years, so this is for the
long term.
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And since the publication of this study,
many more have supported its findings.
Allowing emotions into the workplace
and creating a happy workplace are
actually precursors for financial
success. Alex Edmans’s research has
shown this, his study into the 100 best
companies to work for in the US found
that, over a 28-year period, these
companies had stock returns that beat
their peers by 2.3–3.8% per year, or
89-184% cumulative.
Furthermore, a 2017 study by Tyng,
Amin, Saad, and Malic, which tells us
that they have found evidence which
proves that emotions are linked to
memory, perception, attention,
reasoning and problem solving. This is
likely why workplaces that allow their
people to be emotional and human are
seeing success.
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One of my biggest tips when it comes
to creating a happy workplace is that
you need to think in terms of safety
and security. Our Head of
Neuroscience, Clive Hyland, always
says that in order to be happy and
engaged, people need to first feel
safe and content, you cannot have
one without the other. People grow
and change, and so in order to feel
safe and content, they must feel that
they have the space to grow and
change within your organisation.
This is where our Quantum Way
model comes in. Giving people the
freedom to create their own
solutions, flex and grow in their
roles, and limiting the power of the
traditional hierarchical structure will
help to create this space.

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Ultimately, you’ll not be able to
create a happy workplace if you don’t
listen to your people. Even if you’ve
talked to your team in the past about
what their values, priorities and
needs are, the disruption of the last
12 months will likely have shaken
these up. It’s never the wrong time to
start taking the pulse of how your
people are feeling. Whether you
choose to do regular surveys which
take the measure of a specific
moment, or implement always-on
listening, it’s important not to place
any goals on these numbers. They
should be seen as a weather report
rather than as KPI. However, it’s
important to make note of any
patterns and themes, so that you can
adjust to these. This should be seen
as an iterative, agile and test and
learn process, not everything you try
will work, and not everything that
works will keep working forever.
Keep listening, keep trying and stay
humble.
To find out more please read my book
Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness.
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SCIENCES
COMMUNICATIONS
CHANGE
FOR
The Key Role of the Happy Cities Activist.
Pedro is the first Activist for Happy Cities at
Splendid Time Consultores, is a PhD student in
Communication Sciences with specialization in
Organizational Strategy by the Portuguese Catholic
University of Lisbon with a project on "Happy Cities
5.0" and master's degree from the Lusíada
University of Lisbon in "Marketing of Cities and
Municipalities" and Graduated in International
Relations from the same University. He is currently
also a collaborating researcher in the Project"
Perspectives on Happiness. Contributions to
Portugal in the World Happiness Report (UN)",
under the guidance of Prof. Jorge Humberto Dias.
By Pedro de Sousa Santos

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When we think the role of the cities in the European
context and also globally, today, we also know that
this new paradigm of behaviors and development
that we seek in most of our nations will be for sure
to underline a greater capacity of creating in a
collaborative fashion, a new model of governance, as
human-citizens and as professionals, with mor and
better competence and effectiveness.
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Being oriented to promote a practice coresponsibility
of collaborative work inside and
outside civil society and taking into account the
importance that this co-responsibility should be
inherent to citizenship, such as the fact that we can
explore various formulas simultaneously , to be able
to create credibility and reputation for the
contemporary activism, promoting the sustainability
of territories as one of the most decisive strategic
axes of differentiation and success for our regions
and cities, which have a unique value and already
recognized in the international context.
Believing that this is the time to be able to make our own journeys as nations,
with a increasingly path focus on innovation, taking into account a possible
post-pandemic world and the new needs and challenging of now and for the
future, involving people, organizations and being underlining the key role of
cities.
The European Union is asking us at this right moment to be quick and boldly
identify the key regional development projects and visioning the strategic
options, that will bring us a happier future, taking into account the ecological
and digital transition, and that we will definitely have to leave behind potential
structural blockages, whether are material or psychological.

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The key role of the Happy Cities Activism, should bring a strategic
for the nationals but multicultural purpose of how to finance the
improvement of these necessary infrastructures,
whether they are related to mobility, the
industry 4.0 or the digitization of the
society 5.0, for example and this new
comprehensive public policy frameworks,
with increasingly specialized and
rigorous guidelines, should preview
quality and effectiveness and at the same
time to be able to meet the goals of these
same public policies, to become
accessible to more and more humancitizens
and tend to be more
meritocratic.
To put it in a updated context, this plan
of boosting Causes, Purpose and Activism
for Happy Cities is essential to step in
order to establish new standards and
ethics, higher and more transparency, so
that the quality and excellence and the
achievements of these same
infrastructures, favor the real
competitiveness of the cities and the
effectiveness of an active citizenship.
contributions to a more competent and
effective development of the territories , of our
regions and cities, which will make all the
difference to our competitiveness as a nations
and civilizations.
I understand that now arises, more than ever,
the need to create a new paradigm for an
activism focused on the happiness of the
citizen and cities, and may be one of the
clusters of unique value to add in the new and
necessary dynamics, where collaboratively
municipalities, companies and universities can
take advantage, transforming this moment in
time, applying through joint and synergistic
projects , in the construction of new financing
formulas in line with innovative concepts of
public policies that do not segregate, but will
allow to boost the creation of more and better
nationals value as a whole.
This post covid19 world, could be the
unique opportunity to create a real
climate of changing attitudes and
mentalities on behalf of the current
generations and also of future
generations and to get more humancitizens
to opt for their involvement in
enlightened citizenship, objective value
actions and starting to have a purpose in
their civic intervention and in their active
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According to Professor Benedito Nunes Rosa, Founding Partner of the
“Movimento pela Felicidade” in Brazil, an institution focused on the study,
dissemination and application of the science of happiness, "I believe that
happiness for cities becomes an imperative in the current context in which we
came. However, despite the importance of private initiatives on the subject, I
believe that it will only gain effectiveness when transformed into public
policies. The participation of the agents representing the population, for its
capacity to perform, agglutination and effectiveness is what will allow the
creation of a new context of Polis. The example of the public agent will inspire
and strengthen private initiatives by building, as a consequence, more
empowered citizens and, with them, full cities where to live will be an
unforgettable experience for all."
That said, the question at the moment is: What
should be the Agenda of Activism for Happy Cities?
If this crisis continues for much
longer in space and time, as we
believe so, based on current
scientific knowledge, the so-called
great middle class, which has already
begun to reduce its spending in all
sectors, which until now were
considered essential, whether in
health, education or even in the
ability to access to the judicial
systems, due to the possibility of
seeing our rights, duties and
guarantees in some way not to be
safeguarded, we will be waiting
before the capacity of the nations'
responses.
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"Today about 75% of Europeans already live-in
cities and that by 2050, 85% of the population
will live, work and study in urban centers"
Thus, given that today about 75% of
Europeans already live-in cities and
that by 2050, 85% of the population will
live, work and study in urban centers,
according to pre-pandemic data, 2002
Happiness World Report, there is also a
growing the need to bet on the quality
of life and well-being of citizens, a
greater need for transparency of the
governance and the impact of their
economic recovery plans are arguably
more effective and bring more
happiness levels to people, cities and
nations.
In this current environment, there are
needs to defend, resize and crave for
flexibilization of the concepts about the
importance of the citizen in relation to
the city and even, of them becoming
more relevant political actors with
greater capacity to influence the way
the diagnosis is processed, how much it
is necessary to consistently bet on
training and scientific knowledge,
acting according to the objectives of
clusters and regional stakeholders,
from entrepreneurship, to education or
municipalities.
Already in 2013, Montgomery wrote
one of the main books on the
organization of the city that greatly
influences the development (or not) of
people. Here the author explores quite
well the philosophical question of
friendship and says that the city must
have spaces for living this social
connection. This issue gains even more
relevance when we relate philosophy
to statistics: in each citizen, the
average number of friends in the U.S.
has reduced from 3 to 1.
According to Professor Jorge Humberto
Dias, Project Coordinator "Perspectives
for Happiness. Contributions to
Portugal in the World Happiness
Report (UN), a project of which I am
also recently part, as a collaborating
researcher, "Montgomery’s recipe for a
happy city seems to be: promoting joy,
health, freedom, resilience, equity and
social connections. Therefore, we can
say that the most important are
experiences and not material goods.
The education of young people must
follow this path. Only then will we have
a better future.

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The theme of Happy Cities is more serious than it
seems, we have come to the conclusion that the most
promising economies of the twentieth century have
given rise to very unhappy cities. For Jan Emmanuel
De Neve, who is the main author and responsible for
having today in 2021 a World Ranking of Happy Cities
(2020, UN), and whether or not we agree with him,
the important thing is that there is now a model with
"validity" and international recognition. For many
years, we have not had a barometer to assess the
(few) political promises of happy cities. But that
doesn't mean we have a standard recipe for every
city. It remains essential to make a diagnosis to each
city and then apply and apply, specifically, with a
vision of innovative solutions, where technology will
certainly have its contribution to the society 5.0,
which is already there.
After all, what does an
Activist for Happy Cities do?
In my experience, I already know that it will take
much more than to wear a white shirt or defend the
cause of happiness of cities on social networks or
even in the press, to be considered a true Activist.
Here are some essential features of this new
activism that I propose:
An activist should have the ability to stimulate a
culture of strategic thinking of the territories,
defending, implementing and acting in a strategic
vision of value/brand/region focused on
municipalities and organizations, involving the
development of organic dynamics of humanization
of citizenship, facilitation between the parties and
the optimization of public space and the common
good;
Essential is also to have a clear dexterity in building
and sharing through an argumentative power of
high performance and transformative impact; with a
simultaneous power of innovation and a vision of
the cause and its strong inclusive sensitivity of
ethics and values, together with local, regional and
national leaders, never losing sight, at the same
time, of the opportunity of the strategic
internationalization of cities in some external
markets, which should be segmented and
tended to be more specialized;
The activation of the promotion of a strong
solid critical capacity, having as its design to
add value every day to the city and thus
optimize synergies between the regional
clusters of entrepreneurship and also with the
governance actors elected by suffrage,
working orchestrated and transparently,
betting on the effectiveness of the culture of
collaborative work and proximity to the
citizen;
The Agenda of the Activist for Happy Cities
should know how to approach, without
appropriating the causes and creating more
and better objective proposals in order to
build fluid bridges and tend to progressively
create new scenarios, new creative
partnerships and with a methodological plan
of technological support, but never ceases to
be inclusive;
In the exercise of his role, this Activist should
take the initiative of always being open to an
interactive debate, with plurality and oriented
to multiculturalism, inside and outside the
different regional clusters of territorial
development and the urban centers where it is
located;
Thus, it is essential to be able to listen
and respect the divergent opinion,
recognizing whenever possible the
value in the other and in their
experience, adding value in harmony
with the strategic partners of the
development of territories and their
sustainability, as competitive factors
of cities and regions.

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AND TIME
SPACE
ARE THEY FUNDAMENTAL FOR HAPPINESS?
ByArnaldo Lyrio
Architect of the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro,
Consultant at Abayomi, LLC, specialist in Urban
Accessibility, Dr. in Design, MSc. in Architecture and
Urbanism, Advisor to Institutions linked to Accessibility
and the defense of the rights of Persons with Disabilities in
Rio de Janeiro, professor at Abayomi Academy.
If Happiness depended on
just a fact, what fact would make you happy?
Was there an ideal time and place for this to happen?

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space and time
We are back in 2020 and we have
experienced considerable
transformations in all sectors of our lives.
We can list some of the challenges we
face, about space experiences, both those
we get used to living and those we would
like to know:
1- We need to reassess the environments
in which we live, both as individuals and
as a community.
2- We are eager to understand what
cities will look like from now on, since
the world we live in is urban.
3- Urbanization, an irreversible global
trend, increases population density,
compressing the space we inhabit.
4- Access to facts from any part of the
world, through the Internet, deviates our
perception of place and space.
In other words, we share space with more
and more people and we have less and
less space for ourselves.
On the other hand, we lose a good
number of the moments that could be
dedicated to our personal development,
that is, our Time:
A- We received a lot of demand for
information about the permanent
evolution of the way we carry out our
activities;
B- As a consequence, there is a need to
learn about new technology, applied in all
sectors of life;
C- Social networks transform our way of
interacting with objects and people.
We are, therefore,
pressured by time and
space. Can we be happy
anyway?
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We return, then, to the initial question.
I do not know what the response was,
but it is certain that one of the most
desired facts at this moment is the end
of the threat of COVID 19. Universal
and volatile, Pandemia inaugurates, in
a way, the 21st Century, shaking beliefs
and paradigms, putting the efficiency
of the management of the human
settlements called “city” is tested, and,
as a table, the conditions that can
allow our evolution and happiness.
the Pandemic and Space: the Urban World
Only five years have passed since the
Third United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban
Development, Habitat III, which took
place in 2016 in Ecuador. The various
delegations present at the event
adopted a document to guide
sustainable urbanization over a
twenty-year horizon: the New Urban
Agenda. Considering that the world is
predominantly urban and that the
movement of migration from the
countryside to the cities is
irreversible, every effort to make them
habitable and reverse the process of
destruction of the environment is
pertinent and timely.
The United Nations also defined the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
with the mission of guaranteeing
quality of life in cities.
It was neither so easy nor so fast to
get to the “City” format of cohabiting.
But we need to think about how to
make it better.
Activities and Human Clusters
Human clusters, in their current
format, are the result of the evolution
of spatial arrangements organized to
carry out the activities that condition
our existence. For political philosopher
Hannah Arendt, these activities fall
into three categories, namely work,
work and action. They all need specific
types of spaces to be performed, as we
can see in Figure 2, below, which
relates Arendt's concepts to the spaces
appropriate to their performance. The
activities modify and differentiate the
built environment and the public space
has the function of connecting the
different buildings.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals: UN.org
1 Available at http://habitat3.org/clipping_publications/onu-brasil/ Accessed on 09/26/2020.
2 Available at https://brasil.un.org/ Accessed on 09/26/2020.
3 ARENDT, Hannah. The human condition. Rio de Janeiro: University Forensics, 2010.

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To sustain
To belong
WORK
Vital Activity
Private Space
To provide
URBAN SPACE
Accessibility
PRODUCTION
Productive Activity
Public-Private
Space
ACTION
Political Activity
Public place
Activities and Space. Adapted from Arendt.
P A N D E M I C , S P A C E A N D T I M E
Pandemia restricts our access to this
important means of connection, the
Public Space, forcing many of us to
carry out all activities, work, work and
action at home, physically separated
from each other.
At the same time, it highlights a
scenario described by the U.S. Army
War College at the end of the last
century, the post-Cold War VUCA
world, and its 4 attributes.
Technology, Space and Time
Relate
To produce
To convince
With cell phones, Internet of Things and
autonomous vehicles, among other
innovations, we live surrounded by
technological solutions to meet desires
that did not exist before, but which we can
no longer give up. The appeal to be able to
do things, accessible to a few clicks, that
could not have been done until recently, is
alluring and represents a considerable
increase in individual power. For good and
for bad.
Conclusions
Totalizing ideologies are in check;
social and political actions are not
sustained under secular belief
systems; we depend more and more
on each other. We need reflection
and resilience in the face of the
changes that the moment demands.
Economist and navigator Amyr Klink
says that, instead of attaching to
material goods, we need to relearn
how to make and create new tools,
for a different world, more
egalitarian and respectful of natural
resources. This new learning is the
challenge that presents itself at this
moment. The old ways of seeing the
planet, of being in the world, no
longer fit.
Space and Time are parameters for
recording the moments when we feel
happy. New motivations will make us
get up every day, study, work and
live together. And we can be happy
in these new circumstances.
The Abayomi Academy researches
ways to improve the quality in the
performance of our activities and its
records of Space and Time, thus
facilitating our path towards
personal fulfillment, which
eventually translates into Happiness.
4 Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. "The U.S.
Army War College used this concept to explain the world in
the post-Cold War context." Available at
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nimo%20para,de%2090%20no%20ambiente % 20military>.
Accessed on July 10, 2020.
5 KLINK, Amyr. There is no time to lose. In testimony to Isa
Pessoa. São Paulo: Foz & Tordesilhas, 2016.

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CAN CREATIVE THINKING BOOST YOUR
By Isabel Rambob. DDS
WELLBEING & HAPPINESS?
Dr. Isabel Rambob is the founder of Rambob Training
Services, LLC and soft skills and wellbeing trainer, coach
and consultant.
Can creative thinking boost your
wellbeing and happiness? Do you see
yourself as a creative person?
I bet many of you do not see yourselves as creative people. I did not use to see myself as a
creative person either until I came across this definition of creativity that I truly like by
neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart: “creativity is not the traditional view of being good at art or
full of new ideas, but it is the ability to shape our own brain by what we expose it to,
designing our own future through proactive choice.” What a powerful definition for
creativity. And she continues “a creative brain is one that can put ideas to use in
unexpected ways, using contrasting combinations of thoughts to foster new ones.” Well, I
do like to do things differently, to explore different approaches to well-established
methods and to question the status quo. I am certain some of you can relate to that as
well. Recently I have developed a keen interest in creative thinking and how it impacts
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“Creativity is not the traditional view of
being good at art or full of new ideas, but
it is the ability to shape our own brain by
what we expose it to, designing our own
future through proactive choice.”
-Dr. Tara Swart
But what is creative thinking? Simply put creative thinking is
the ability to consider something in a new way. According to
Roger Beaty, who studies the cognitive neuroscience of
creativity, there are three distinct brain networks involved in
creative thinking: the default network that is associated with
daydreaming and brainstorming and, the executive control
network which turn on when a person needs to concentrate,
and the salience network, known for detecting environmental
stimuli and shifting between executive and default brain
networks. It's the synchrony between these networks that
seems to be crucial for creative thinking- the ability to
consider something in a new way.
Needless to say, we have been forced to reconsider everything
in a new light due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When I do my
talks, I have been asking people the following question: what is
the first word that comes to your mind when you think about
COVID-19? I have been talking to a very diverse audiencepeople
in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and across United State and the
most common words are fear, anxiety, concern and worries.
They feel overwhelmed. You must agree with me these are not
words that typically will put you in a positive frame of mind.
So, I am asking you now: What is the first word that comes to
your mind when you think about COVID-19? And how has this
word impacted your wellbeing and happiness?
This brings us to reflect on the
levels of stress we are
experiencing due to this
pandemic. But what is stress?
Stress is a psychological and
physical process that occurs
when a person encounters a
demand that is perceived to
exceed the available resources to
respond to it effectively. When
we are not under intense stress,
we process about seven messages
at the same time, however, when
we are stressed out, we will
process only three messages at a
time.
Stress also negatively impacts our
ability to decode nonverbal
communication cues and
recognize our own and other’s
emotions. When we are
chronically stressed, we are in
survival mode and may not afford
to try different approaches
because we must rely on
predictable outcomes in order to
survive. But creativity can help us
to cope with stress, therefore
helping us to maintain our
wellbeing and happiness. How can
creativity help us with that?
Because creativity gives us the
power of interpretation.
Psychologist Mirai Chesanmirai
who recognized and named the
phycological concept of flow-a
highly focused mental state so
wisely said:
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“The joy we get from living,
ultimately depends directly on
how the mind filters and
interprets everyday experiences”.
I would argue that creative thinking gives us the
resourcefulness to make us feel confident we will
be able to come up with solutions during
challenging times like this one we are all currently
experiencing. We all know how stress can affect
one’s wellbeing and happiness. Considering that
creative thinking makes us more resourceful,
therefore, creative thinking is one of the tool we
can use to reduce stress and consequently
improve our wellbeing and happiness.
Furthermore, according to the founder of the
Center for Healthy Minds, neuroscientist Dr.
Richard Davidson who is best known for his
groundbreaking work studying emotion and the
brain, there are four areas of mental training that
can significantly improve our wellbeing: resilience,
outlook, awareness, and generosity; and
psychologist Rick Hansen stated that we can
rewire our brains for lasting happiness. Creative
thinking can help us to create neural pathways for
wellbeing and happiness.
“The joy we get from living,
ultimately depends directly on
how the mind filters and
interprets everyday experiences”.
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Dr. Mirai Chesanmirai
And how can you improve your creative thinking
skills? I have developed the GROWTH Model for
Creative Thinking: first of all, you have to
ground yourself-be present, recognize,
understand and know how to manage your
emotions, and establish a daily mindfulness
practice routine that suits your lifestyle; Foto: Canva.com rethink
your approach-ask new questions and explore
multiple solutions, reconsider old answers;
optimize the flow of ideas-use mind mapping,
flow chart, start a creativity journal; work your
ideas out of your comfort zone-be adventurous,
be bold, take risks; turn off negative self-talk and
let the ideas flow freely, and honor your
authenticity and personal needs.
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How can we foster creative thinking at our
schools, organizations, our homes, our cities, our
countries to promote the wellbeing and
happiness of our global community? Think about
it. It starts with each of us.
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IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE!
By Cati de Castro
Neuroscientist , brain trainer, creator of the MelhordeSi
(Besto of You) method and co-founder of the Women
Think Movement.
The pandemic time changes the world.
Many of us are still not understanding that social isolation changes drastically
people on the priorities of life.
Prevented from socializing and constringed to stay at home, people are starting to
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“Do I really need 10 pairs of shoes? “
“How many bags do I need to carry my things?”
Many start to realize, that life is
unpredictable, and at the same time,
lifetime is short. They start to perceive that
the time that they’ve spent consuming the
ephemeral, was a precious time that could
have been lived to enjoy their love ones.
Now that consumers are changing
perspective of life, in order to
prevent losing their clients,
companies will necessarily have to
learn how to deal with human beings!
This awareness impacts directly on the
economy, and this changes everything!
From the small business to the big
Industries, those who don’t understand that
they don’t actually sell products, but they
are working for people, will tend to
disappear.
Empathy is the key.
Before pandemic, was all about products:
“We have the best hamburgers in the
world”
“Our shoes last for ever! “
Industries were concentrated solely on
selling products.
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This pandemic reality comes with the
teachings that in order to keep and win
costumers, industries will need to really
care about them, and they will have to
direct all their efforts to offer better
quality of life.
This implies in making many and drastic
changes: from workplaces that need to be
modified in order to prevent mental
discomfort, to the stores that need to be
designed to give a sense of protection to
their customers offering experiences that
provide happiness and comfort.
Marketing has finally understood that IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE!

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SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS IN WEST
BALTIMORE THROUGH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS
THE UMB CURE SCHOLARS PROGRAM TRAINS FUTURE STEM LEADERS
By Gia Grier McGinnis, DrPH, MS
Dr. Gia Grier McGinnis is the Executive Director of
the UMB CURE Scholars Program. She believes in
cultivating change agency in youth and young adults
and loves spaces where the public can connect with
STEM and health.
The UMB CURE Scholars Program is a STEM and healthcare pipeline program for
West Baltimore youth in grades 6th-12th (serving youth ages 11 through 18). The
program offers a holistic approach that includes year-round STEM activities,
academic enrichment, inspirational mentoring opportunities, and social-emotional
support through its social work program. The CURE Scholars Program launched in
2015 as a special pilot program of the National Institutes of Health through the
National Cancer Institute’s Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences Program.
It was the first CURE program to serve middle school youth. Scholars enter the
program as 6th graders and stay with the program until high school completion.
There are 138 active scholars working through various parts of the program.
The program is housed within the University of Maryland, Baltimore, which is an
urban research university in the heart Baltimore City. The CURE Scholars Program
is a presidential-level initiative and is one of several community initiatives the
university has developed that makes a deep and sustained commitment to its
neighboring communities. West Baltimore is rich in community assets but also
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Partnerships with local public schools
are key to the program’s success.
School partners provide Baltimore City
Public School teachers who support
curriculum development and staff
afterschool and summer programming.
School staff and teachers also work
closely with CURE scholar support
team members to address scholar
barriers to academic success. Three of
CURE’s school partners are middle
schools in West Baltimore that recruit
rising 6th grade students to join the
program. Scholars can only enter the
program through these schools.
CURE Scholars are trained to
become the next generation of
healthcare and STEM leaders
that will address local and
global health disparities.
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The program is considered a pipeline
program because skills-building occurs
over multiple years. CURE’s curriculum
has three sub-program components by age
and grade level. The middle school program
is designed to expose the scholars to the
science building blocks needed for more
advanced STEM work. When they leave
middle school, they enter our CURE
Connections program, which includes a
middle-high transitional summer program
called The Academy..
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The program’s organizational structure
has always taken a multi-disciplinary
team-based approach to program
implementation. The use of teams and
committees have morphed overtime to fit
the needs of the organization. In the early
years of the program, there were less
than three full-time staff, thus committee
members were leveraged to supplement
day-to-day programmatic needs. In 2020,
the CURE program hired its ninth fulltime
staff member, and the committee
structure was re-organized to focus on
five organizational priority areas.
These Shared Strategic
Committees consist of both
UMB affiliates as well as
external advisory board
members from the private,
healthcare, government, and
education sectors. CURE
parent leaders also have
seats on the advisory board
and serve as officers in a
CURE Parent Organization.
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CURE Connections provides scholars with
both field experiences and fundamental
academic concepts that they will need for
STEM and healthcare careers. The third
and final program component is Career
Navigators, which is an emerging program
that focuses on career mentorship and
college and career readiness for the oldest
scholars in the program.
TThe program also houses programmatic
teams that focus on day-to-day support for
curriculum, social support, student success
programming, and operations. All full-time
staff serve on the Central Team, as well as
select faculty principal investigators who
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Orchestrating CURE’s team-driven model calls for a fine balance that allows for idea incubation while avoiding
overextension and meeting fatigue.
MB CURE's Committee and Team Structures
CURE’s organizational culture is family-centered, collaborative, and creative.
Committee and team members, as well as university leaders at the highest levels,
are driven by their passion for CURE’s goal of empowering youth leaders and
providing life-changing opportunities to youth that would otherwise not have
them. It is this passion and institutional commitment to community that serve as
the primary drivers of the program’s success.

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