Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
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
Article · 6 min readInterdependent RelationshipsDI’s Dave Gilmore examines the essence of mutual dependence in sustained social and business contexts. Effective leadership moves through a …
September 2021DGDave Gilmore
Article · 12 min readThreading the Needle of OpportunityIn this eight-decade personal reflection, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, recounts the interplay of obstacles and opportunities she experie…
September 2021DSDr. Sharon Egretta Sutton
Article · 10 min readLearning to ListenMultiple 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…
September 2021JKJeff Kuhnhenn
Article · 9 min readDiversity of Thought, with a Common PurposeDIALOG is a design practice that is rooted in and works across Canada. While large geographically, Canada is actually fairly small by any ot…
September 2021JAJim Anderson
Article · 10 min readTen Days at COP26: A Member of the Carbon Generation Goes to GlasgowBy Thomas VonierFAIA RIBAImmediate Past President, International Union of ArchitectsFormer President, American Institute of Architects DAY 1…
September 2021TVThomas Vonier
Article · 12 min readInclusive Interdependence in the Health Care ContextWhat exactly does inclusive interdependence mean? Google (via Oxford Languages) defines these terms as: “ Inclusive, or inclusivity: not exc…
August 2021KMKim Montague- Article · 13 min readEquity By Design
Paul VanDuyne Adam McMillen Mike Lawless Equity by Design by Paul VanDuyne, Adam McMillen, & Mike Lawless IMEG Corp. August 20, 2021 Overcom…
August 2021PVPaul Vanduyne 
Article · 15 min readThe Power of ManyOverland Partners’ Rick Archer shares his firm’s journey toward diversity, equity and inclusion Foundational Assumptions When we consider th…
August 2021RARick Archer