The Aspen Institute is a nonpartisan forum for values-based leadership and the exchange of ideas.

In her work as an urban planner and artist, Candy Chang has spent a lot of time in meetings with people who are trying to figure out a com

Gina Murdock, Elaine Pagels, and Kate Bowler talk about religion and personal struggles.

In the policy world, people talk a lot about data-driven decisions, and data-driven policymaking.  We hear less about data-driven relationships.  But the experience of two mayors, G.T. Bynum of Tulsa and Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, suggest that data can connect and unite people from across the country and across the political spectrum and across city departments.