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11/15/03 Education Needs Your Commitment Many [architecture] programs have had serious budget cutbacks and some programs and professors have been eliminated. The bottom line: all the design professions face an uncertain future if our schools do not get stronger standards soon. James P. Cramer
10/15/03 Can Your Culture Use a Redesign? Without your leadership the organization’s culture may not develop the edge that success requires; without it expectations will falter and disappoint. You are the de facto designer of your organization’s culture. James P. Cramer
10/15/03 DFC Board Meets in Dallas The September meeting of the Design Futures Council Board Think Tank in Dallas offered both practical and inspirational lessons for leaders and their constituents in architecture, engineering, interior design, and education.
10/15/03 When Merger and Acquisition Promise Fails to Deliver “My thoughts come from being part of different stages and results of the M & A process…and also from years of observing attempts and sad to say, numerous failures.” Phyllis Dubinsky
08/15/03 Architects’ Concrete Contributions While we can converse in great detail about the significant buildings and designers of this age, how many of us know the details of those architects whose lives and careers were directly shaped by political and civic events? Richard Swett, FAIA
04/01/03 Repute Gets Sticky In a private research report Greenway Consulting documented the five key reasons that clients say they have retained their architects, engineers, and designers.
03/15/03 Leaders Roundtable: Success in Asia-Pacific Asia and the South Pacific are home to some of the biggest architectural projects in the world at the moment. What follows is a Q & A with leaders who know the territory.
02/14/03 Harvard’s New Chair Remains a Creator Despite High-Profile Demands It is only natural in speaking of this female architect to think of other women in the profession. What sort of mark have they left on architecture? Vladimir Belogolovsky
01/15/03 Business Can Use Designer Discipline for More Than Buildings Alone In order for business leaders to recognize the value of the design process, it is incumbent on the design profession to redefine design in a much broader context. Doug Parker
01/15/03 2003 Unfolding Why Some Firms Will Prosper Despite Economic Uncertainty What are you planning for 2003? Aggressively adapt to the trends transforming the industry and regardless of the economic tremors, within six months to a year, your practice will soar. James P. Cramer

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