Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 7 min readTaking Care of Business: The Intersection of Stewardship & DesignThere is no better illustration of this principle than the Parable of the Talents. We all know the story: Before setting out on a long journ…
January 2022SSScott Simpson
Article · 10 min readThrough the Marketing Looking GlassI have to level with you, I am not an architect! But if we are seeking to grow our influence and become better stewards as design profession…
January 2022KPKatie Pattison
Article · 11 min readOn Influence: A New Reality for the ProfessionHow lucky for those rich patrons and for those practitioners fortunate enough to win these elite commissions. But what of the rest? Where do…
January 2022MLMichael LeFevre
Article · 4 min read2022-editorial-roadmapThis year DesignIntelligence Quarterly will reach across the planet in search of voices who not only care about these topics, but who have s…
January 2022MLMichael LeFevre
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