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04/09/08 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. Steve Fiskum
02/15/08 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. Melinda Pearson
01/01/07 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 will be significantly redefining the design professions and influencing the entire real estate economy. James P. Cramer
07/26/05 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. My point was simply that changing demographics, technology breakthroughs, and scientific discoveries will bring a new and challenging context for architects, designers, engineers, and their clients. The bottom line was that each leader and design organization must create a blueprint that goes beyond survival toward a new agile relevancy. James P. Cramer
05/26/05 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. We believe that firms will not only be faster and smarter but also wiser and more independent. James P. Cramer
05/26/05 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.
04/27/05 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 that will shake up each building sector unlike anything we have seen before. James P. Cramer

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