“Many creative writers keep journals; the sociologist’s need for systematic reflection demands it.” -C. Wright Mills

John Forester, Scott Peters, and Margo Hittleman have put together a site of planning practitioner profiles called ‘Practice Stories‘.

Practitioner profiles let us hear directly from planners, educators, and organizers about the practical challenges and opportunities they really face. Crafted from edited transcripts of interviews with experienced practitioners speaking about how they handled specific, memorable projects or cases, these ‘practice stories’ offer intimate windows onto the richness, messiness, and complexity of work “in the field.”

It seems a bit like Harvard Business Studies for practitioners. Could prove useful.