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04/30/07 Who’s Worried About Technology? Physical boundaries have never been a hurdle when it comes to team collaboration, so what if this same team, now playing computer games, grows up to be architects, engineers, and construction managers?
04/30/07 1 Connectivity and Communication The increasing ubiquity of global communications technology will have a significant impact on the way the profession works and the ways in which emerging communities and corporations leverage these technologies for populations. Regardless of whether we consider connectivity the panacea for global ailments, it behooves the design profession to consider developments in communications technology from a global perspective and to remain mindful of this increasing degree of global interconnectedness. Sooner than later, this connectivity between cultures, peoples and ideals will bear fruit through technological ubiquity. It is up to us to design preferable scenarios and decide whether this fruit is palatable.
04/30/07 Community-Based Tech Ubiquity in the Built Environment Many individuals already have on-the-go access to unprecedented amounts of real-time information through a variety of hand-held, satellite-linked devices such as cell phones, global-positioning systems and tablet personal computers. The prevalence of these technologies and the emergence of tech-ubiquity have the potential to drastically improve the richness and accessibility of our built environment. Synergy between our actions and electronically mediated interactions will inevitably influence human interaction and use of public spaces. Information Communication Technology will be both mobile and built into the environment, essentially ubiquitous. But will people be able to effectively use it? Leigh Lally, et al.
04/30/07 Awaken Your Inner Architect Successful practice management in the architecture, design, and construction marketplace is not dependent on firm size alone. It is about leveraging talent and resources to give clients what they really want. In a word, it’s about strategy. James P. Cramer
03/30/07 1 Compensation Survey Methodology From January through early February, 2007, the Design Futures Council surveyed leading firms believed to be “best practices” in architecture on the subjects of compensation, benefits, and bonuses. Surveys were distributed and received via fax, postal mail, email and through a proprietary online survey tool.
03/30/07 1 Meritocracy and Ascension: The Pursuit of World-Class Performance Today there is considerable waste in the design process of most firms. Designers spend a lot of time and effort creating things that get erased or discarded. This amount of waste strongly hints that there are considerable opportunities for process improvement. The Greenway Group
03/30/07 1 Global Salary Review Salary summary for select countries and converted U.S. dollar equivalents.
03/30/07 1 Leadership Roundtable: Three Firms Discuss a Changing Benefits and Human Resources Landscape Representatives from one small, one large, and one extra-large firm respond to emerging issues, discuss changes and trends in human resource management, and relate their experiences in the areas of intern compensation, continuing education, employee retention, benefits plans, and executive bonus policies within their firms.
03/30/07 1 Shaping a New Agenda for People and Professional Practice The transformative power of good design is not limited to buildings, products, and processes alone. Consider the design of human resource practices and policies. Since design is essentially an exercise in opportunity actualization, it follows that good design is also smart practice management. James P. Cramer
03/25/07 2006 Design Futures Council Senior Fellows The DFC honors a select group of individuals each year for significant contributions toward the understanding of changing trends, new research, and applied knowledge leading to innovative design models that improve the built environment and the human condition.

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