Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 13 min readThe Future’s Just Not That Into YouA few ideas on how to meet the future on your own terms. Previously published on October 9, 2012 It’s time to admit that you’ve got a proble…
December 2021DZDavid Zach
Article · 6 min readIn Search of Radical InnovationDesignIntelligence CEO David Gilmore defines terms and suggests essential change via other’s perspectives Terms and Time. Meaning and Change…
December 2021DGDave Gilmore
Article · 21 min readInto the NewDI Managing Editor Michael LeFevre considers radical innovation’s sources Radical Innovation Defined From its Latin origins, radical means “…
December 2021MLMichael LeFevre
Article · 10 min readRadical Innovation at Geopolitical ScaleFrom cell phones and cities to corporations and climates, we have the knowledge to effect sustainable change, but our geopolitical systems l…
December 2021PHPaul Hyett
Article · 8 min readInnovation With Community In MindDesigners, planners and engineers will tell you we stand at the cusp of a new era in city building. Growing economic disparity, increasingly…
November 2021AGAnton Germishuizen
Article · 6 min readTechnology Laggards?Why is the construction industry lagging in labor force analytics? Anyone in the construction industry will tell you there has been an explo…
November 2021LCLouis Coletti
Article · 10 min readRadical IntegrationJacobs’ Gary Lapera discusses innovation at global scale DesignIntelligence (DI): Before we talk about change, can you ground us as to your …
November 2021GLGary Lapera
Article · 14 min readWildly UncomfortableHKS’ global director of healthcare research & strategy discusses connections between research, experience, strategy and design DesignIntelli…
November 2021DWDeborah Wingler
Article · 9 min readPaths UnknownBrookfield Properties’ Executive Vice President Sabrina Kanner explores innovation, value creation, mentors and the costs of not investing D…
October 2021SKSabrina Kanner
Article · 23 min readRed Zone to End ZoneCharles Pankow Foundation Executive Director Anne Ellis discusses industry transformation DesignIntelligence (DI): Our theme for this quarte…
October 2021AEAnne Ellis
Article · 8 min readSmall Ideas, Radical ResultsOften Simple Things Matter Most Unlike kangaroos, human beings don’t have a convenient pouch to carry things around. For thousands of years,…
October 2021SSScott Simpson
Article · 12 min readInescapable Interdependence: No Man Is An IslandRe-examining the tenets of interpersonal responsibility Reading Someway into my first project design tutorial with Stephen Mullin I was take…
September 2021PHPaul Hyett