Foresight &
Intelligence
Essays, research, and perspectives from senior design leaders on the future of the profession.
Article · 5 min readOn ResearchIn a world full of data, designers, owners and builders can no longer rely solely on intuition: we need to know what has come before — and u…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 7 min readTowards A Resilient WayIn challenging times, being connected is more important than ever. Relationally, we bounce back. Resilience is a matter of time in the recov…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 10 min readResearch Directions For the Built EnvironmentBlaine Wishart Taylor Hahn Research Directions For the Built Environment by Blaine Wishart Software Architect based in Berkeley, Ca. and Hai…
March 2020BWBlaine Wishart
Article · 11 min readResearch A Culture of InquiryAs a partner at KieranTimberlake, Billie Faircloth leads a transdisciplinary research team to better understand questions around the built e…
March 2020BFBillie Faircloth
Article · 6 min readWhat We Don’t Know About BuildingsThe design, construction and ownership communities are overdue for adoption of data-informed processes. When will we join the rest of the bu…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 7 min readDesign Thinking Goes ViralThe rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus is a true “black swan” event. It was entirely unexpected, there is no effective treatment or cure yet…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 12 min readWorkplace Safety – Learning Across CulturesTo cope with newfound safety risks, we need only look outside of our own cultures. And perhaps expand and adapt systems we already have. Tec…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 4 min readCrisis Drive Innovation in Higher EducationIn a call to create opportunity from crisis, Barbara Bryson challenges academic leaders. From The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 19, 2…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 5 min readWorking From Home the New Normal?What are the consequences – unanticipated, physical and psychological – of working remotely? Among many dramatic impacts of COVID-19, workin…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 8 min readEconomic Implications of COVID-19In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, DI Economist Bob Hughes outlines the economic reaction sequence and offers perspective. There is a rap…
March 2020BHBob Hughes
Article · 6 min readThe Post-Virus World of DesignIn this rapid response, DI’s technology fellow Blaine Wishart shares email stream-of-thought data and links on the virus with our internal t…
March 2020BFBob Fisher
Article · 2 min readDesign in a Post-virus WorldIn response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, we share our thoughts and reactions with the greater DesignIntelligence c…
March 2020BFBob Fisher