Strategic Planning
2007 Unfolding: Mastering the Future
New, quite simply superior, project integration strategies and processes will be coming into full view in 2007. And with talent in short supply, those with scarce skills and intelligent strategies... Read full »
Deeper Strategic Thinking
In the 10th anniversary issue of DesignIntelligence, I wrote an article titled “Why the Future Won’t Need Today’s Architects” that some of you thought was overly sensationalist. Read full »
Why the Future Won't Need Today's Architects
What’s next for successful architecture, engineering, and design practices? This is the question we will explore more deeply in the upcoming months in DesignIntelligence. Read full »
DFC Thought Leaders Consider Two Decades of Design
When any decade is compressed, examined and filtered, it seems tumultuous. But the stretch from 1995 to now has without question been a doozy for design and the world at large. Read full »
Is Your Strategic Plan a Living Document?
I've been writing to you about impending mega transformations in the design professions and the A/E/C industry as a whole. Now we see a convergence of these trends and unfolding economic activity... Read full »
2010: A Year of Convalescence
The 25 most significant trends transforming architecture and design can offer sustenance during a painfully slow recovery. Read full »
9.11: In Disaster's Wake
The sudden destruction of the nation's financial center will wreak havoc on the nation's design firms in a number of ways, many yet to be discovered. Read full »
Strategic Plan Implementation: How to Make Good Things Happen and Better Things Happen Consistently
Getting the strategic plan right is hard to do, but implementing it is even harder. And everyone’s job depends on it. Read full »
Effective Compensation is a Strategic Asset
Effective design firm compensation plans reinforce the unique vision and goals of each organization and serve to align and motivate people to focus their energy in a common and consistent manner. Read full »
Designing a Successful Ownership Transition
Ten lessons learned as a professional services firm transitions. Read full »
Global Economy Will Impact All Firms, Some for the Better
The changing global competitiveness and financial environment is unfolding dramatically, which will add further complexity into the realities of professional practice leadership. Read full »
Greenway Expands Economic Scenario Planning
Greenway Group Chairman and CEO James P. Cramer announced the expansion of the firm's strategic and foresight consulting services to include custom market economic scenario planning for professional... Read full »
Setting a Global Agenda
These are interesting times for U.S. professional practices — at once stimulating and vexing. Results of the DesignIntelligence Multinational Design Firm Fee Survey tell a story of guarded... Read full »
Continental Shifts: Collaboration as the Driver of Interdisciplinary Design
International collaboration isn’t necessarily easy, but it can enable great design. Sasaki does it by selecting the right clients, relying on local expertise, and bringing in former employees who... Read full »
Planning for Trouble
Hurricane, flood, fire — you don’t even want to think about the impact that such worst-case scenarios could have on your business. Read full »
A Minor Proposal
Designers will become more necessary than ever as leaders of a world of constant change and information overload. Read full »
Leverage BIM in Your Business Strategy
Building information modeling can be used at different levels to suit a firm’s business model and client needs. No matter how far you go with the technology, you can recognize benefits by... Read full »
From Mylar to Digital Models
HOK is finding that building information modeling and integrated project delivery make the firm more resilient and better able to deliver innovative services to clients. Read full »
Just How Expendable Are Design Professionals?
There is power in understanding new knowledge and in making the future your friend. There is satisfaction in confronting the forces that can create an immunity to change. Read full »
Compensation and Benefits in a Recessionary Market
The current economy demands a revised strategy for the way we compensate employees. It’s a balancing act that must account for market conditions, meritocracy, and the total compensation package. Read full »
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