Everything Shelton Mercer said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Mercer: Corporations Are the Biggest Recipients of Welfare
“You know, you and I both know that corporations are the biggest recipients of welfare, and all my corporate leaders know that, and they might try to, you know, we may argue with it, but we know it's true.”
Mercer: Full-time social media managers are no longer necessary due to AI
“Having a full-time social media manager is no longer necessary. It's, it becomes an expense on your, in your burn that you're looking at saying when we have so many tools that can do this faster and sometimes better, more efficiently, and definitely more affor…”
Hosting mega-events motivates leaders to break through political gridlock
“Something like a pivotal moment, like the, this city is going to play host to the world, has a wonderful way of motivating leaders to get something done.”
Mercer: Activate Uses Generative AI to Rank and Validate City Initiatives
“We've built a AI tech enabled platform that creates outcome intelligence. And so activate becomes not just that one day and then 100 leaders. We now have some permanence because we've provided some actual data of the cities that we've had these ideations in cr…”
Mercer: Atlanta's World Cup electric bus rollout came from Activate ideation
“One of the issues was refurbishing their light rail line, their MARTA high speed line. They have a 104 miles of track. And being able to enact electric buses. That idea came out of our ideation. I understand that they have enacted a bunch of that ready for the…”
Shelton Mercer: Meeting with U.S. World Cup Host City Leaders on Permanent Investment
“I mean, right now we've been meeting with leaders in America around the, that have host the world cup cities where the world cup is being hosted this summer and the ideas to have some permanence.”
Mercer: AI cut pitch analysis workflow from 60 days to 60 minutes
“It used to take us 60 days to get all of the data. We record all of the pitches from our leaders, and then we would take them and our group would listen to them And pull out all the highlights and try to do some actual cross-referencing through things that are…”
Mercer: School Meal Programs Directly Drive Female Education in Developing Nations
“Well, if we realize that in local communities all over the world, and developing nations, if we said to parents, your daughters are going to eat today, something as very similar, simple as that, they would send their daughters to school with the boys Just so t…”
Mercer: Activate Convenes 100 Civic Leaders for 24-Month Actionable Frameworks
“We get one city, one day, 100 leaders, and we lead them through a rapid ideation that we've developed, and we've had an entire framework Where we can run eight round tables at one time, focusing on different issues like a region's economy, strength, the talent…”