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Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.

263 published perspectives
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Technology Laggards?

Why is the construction industry lagging in labor force analytics? Anyone in the construction industry will tell you there has been an explo…

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Louis Coletti
November 2021
Article · 10 min read
Radical Integration

Jacobs’ Gary Lapera discusses innovation at global scale DesignIntelligence (DI): Before we talk about change, can you ground us as to your …

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Gary Lapera
November 2021
Article · 14 min read
Wildly Uncomfortable

HKS’ global director of healthcare research & strategy discusses connections between research, experience, strategy and design DesignIntelli…

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Deborah Wingler
November 2021
Article · 9 min read
Paths Unknown

Brookfield Properties’ Executive Vice President Sabrina Kanner explores innovation, value creation, mentors and the costs of not investing D…

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Sabrina Kanner
October 2021
Article · 23 min read
Red Zone to End Zone

Charles Pankow Foundation Executive Director Anne Ellis discusses industry transformation DesignIntelligence (DI): Our theme for this quarte…

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Anne Ellis
October 2021
Article · 8 min read
Small Ideas, Radical Results

Often Simple Things Matter Most Unlike kangaroos, human beings don’t have a convenient pouch to carry things around. For thousands of years,…

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Scott Simpson
October 2021
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Inescapable Interdependence: No Man Is An Island

Re-examining the tenets of interpersonal responsibility Reading Someway into my first project design tutorial with Stephen Mullin I was take…

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Paul Hyett
September 2021
Article · 6 min read
Interdependent Relationships

DI’s Dave Gilmore examines the essence of mutual dependence in sustained social and business contexts. Effective leadership moves through a …

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Dave Gilmore
September 2021
Article · 12 min read
Threading the Needle of Opportunity

In this eight-decade personal reflection, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, recounts the interplay of obstacles and opportunities she experie…

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Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton
September 2021
Article · 10 min read
Learning to Listen

Multiple Perspectives Enhance the Design Process It’s been a year and a half like no other – a time when the closure of many offices and wor…

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Jeff Kuhnhenn
September 2021
Article · 9 min read
Diversity of Thought, with a Common Purpose

DIALOG is a design practice that is rooted in and works across Canada. While large geographically, Canada is actually fairly small by any ot…

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Jim Anderson
September 2021
Article · 12 min read
Inclusive Interdependence in the Health Care Context

What exactly does inclusive interdependence mean? Google (via Oxford Languages) defines these terms as: “ Inclusive, or inclusivity: not exc…

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Kim Montague
August 2021
the future of design in the age of acceleration

2026 DFC Leadership Summit on the Business of Design

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