Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 10 min readDesigning the Future Priorities in Technology InvestmentOur clients hire us for creativity and ideas that improve the way people work, live, and interact. Design decisions affect every component o…
April 2021RKRoberta Kowalishin
Article · 10 min readMultidimensional ChangeScott LaMont and Eric Propes discuss EDSA’s leadership transition, structure and next-generation aspirational strategies. DesignIntelligence…
March 2021SLScott LaMont
Article · 15 min readLooking In. Looking Out.DI’s Managing Editor, Michael LeFevre, examines the relationship of introspection and self-awareness to perspective and offers tools for plo…
March 2021MLMichael LeFevre
Article · 6 min readA Culture Unsure Dave GilmoreDI’s Dave Gilmore posits a new lingua franca for professionals in their quest for action, relevance, and reinvention. In 2020, several pre-e…
March 2021DGDave Gilmore
Article · 14 min readThe 30-Year GutReflecting on successes and failures, Dodge Data’s Steve Jones recounts the re-tooling of an industry – for people. DesignIntelligence – Mic…
March 2021SJSteve Jones
Article · 11 min readView From HereFrom the United Kingdom, Paul Hyett reflects on three challenges facing RIBA’s new president and Britain’s architectural profession: Brexit,…
March 2021PHPaul Hyett
Article · 20 min readSeeking ClarityHKS’ Director of Organizational Development, Stevi McCoy, discusses control, emotional intelligence, acedia, punctuated equilibrium, segment…
February 2021SMStevi McCoy
Article · 19 min readRegaining RespectIn this candid conversation, Barbara Heller reflects on the profession and speaks the truth about risk, reward, and default behaviors Design…
February 2021BHBarbara Heller
Article · 21 min readConnecting CreativesIn this candid conversation, Jason Schupbach, new Dean of Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, reflects on transcending discipl…
February 2021JSJason Schupbach
Article · 24 min readLooking Back Going ForwardSasaki CEO James Miner reflects on a 70-year firm evolution, a 10-year transformation, understanding history, expanding disciplines, the que…
February 2021JMJames Miner
Article · 17 min readFollow the Money Part IIFeb 4, 2021rnThe challenges we discussed in Part I, though daunting, can be met rationally and strategically with the right information. Her…
February 2021DDFC- Article · 30 min readFollow the Money Part I
Feb 4, 2021rnIn Part 1 of this report, DesignIntelligence Research offers a clear, focused summary of the global economic shocks resulting f…
February 2021DDFC