Financial Management and Profitability

09/01/11 Revisiting the Design Enterprise Cycle Generating new work, organizing it efficiently, doing it well, and getting paid are still the building blocks of any great firm. Scott Simpson and James P. Cramer
06/29/11 Sustainability Leadership: From Stagnation to Liberation For better or for worse, architects, designers, planners, and their clients make up the central elemental force with regard to the environment and a sustainable future. James P. Cramer
06/29/11 1 From Green Buildings to Green Neighborhoods The next level of innovation in sustainability calls for us to look at districts, campuses, and neighborhoods. Bert Gregory
05/03/11 1 BIM Beyond Boundaries Opting for depth over breadth of expertise is a false choice that will lead individuals, organizations, the profession, and industry in the wrong direction. Randy Deutsch
05/03/11 1 The Dangers of Designing in Foreign Lands A/E/C firms are finding financial success outside U.S. borders. But it’s essential to protect your firm from inadvertent legal and ethical liabilities. Eugene R. Scheiman and James P. Cramer
11/03/10 1 Three R’s for the New Economy: Reposition, Redevelop, Regenerate With new construction scarce, repositioning, redevelopment, and regeneration are gaining interest from — and providing benefits to — owners and architects as well as communities. Ernest Hutton, Mark Strauss, and Stephen Whitehouse
08/31/10 1 From the Ground Up: Growing a Thriving Design Firm You can read a library of management titles, but success largely boils down to internalizing and implementing five key practices. James Follett
08/31/10 Design Goes Global Over the next several decades, billions of square feet of new construction and renovations will take place worldwide. Is international practice right for your firm? Scott Simpson
08/31/10 1 Sharpening the Ax: Preparing for Negotiations It seems counterintuitive, but negotiation preparation can bring a substantially higher return on investment than actual project work does. So it pays — literally — to give the process its due. Steven J. Isaacs and Karen L. Newcombe
08/31/10 Aging in Tandem: America and its Infrastructure Lack of stewardship over our public works has dealt the current generation a huge challenge. Without imagination and conviction in addressing this problem, the viability of the United States is threatened. Barbara Golter Heller

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