WGI & GLCM City Adaptability Index

Introduction

WGI & GLCM City Adaptability Index – A self-assessment tool for Cities to benchmark their adaptability to continuous change and disruption

WGI invites you to take our City Adaptability Index self-assessment survey, developed in conjunction with Columbia University’s Global Leaders in Construction Management (GLCM), to assess your city’s maturity in terms of adaptability. See our Explainer Video here.

"An Adaptive City is one which is able to respond to evolving or changing needs of the future with intrinsic agility across both physical and digital aspects of its operating model. An Adaptive City is not a consequence, but a choice." - Nicholas Evans, Chief Innovation Officer, WGI Inc.

With disruption moving from the exception to the norm, it’s now more important than ever for cities to not just be resilient and sustainable, but to become adaptive to meet ever-increasing challenges and opportunities in the years ahead.

This survey consists of 8 sections which correspond to 8 pillars of adaptability. Each pillar represents a strategic goal of the city such as “Sustainability & Environment”. While each city may have differing priorities, these are universal business goals for cities no matter their size or location.

By implementing digital and physical enablers of adaptability within each pillar, to rapidly respond to change and disruption, or to seize new opportunities, the Adaptive City is able to continuously optimize the key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics associated with each of these city strategic goals.

It can therefore meet more of its goals, for more of its stakeholders, for more of the time.

Time estimate for full survey: 8-10 minutes. All responses are confidential and are only shared in aggregate format.