At DesignIntelligence, we frequently hear from firm leaders that talent management is their top challenge—specifically, attracting, hiring, training and retaining talent. So we sat down with Kathleen John of Meyer, Borgman, Johnson; Bill Karanian of SLAM Collaborative; and Cheryl Kitchner of HKS to talk about talent: trends, development, acquisition and how firms can be forward … Continued
With many programs aimed at creating welcoming workplaces for women in A/E/C, you would be forgiven for assuming we have come further than the reality amongst us. Recent feedback highlights how far away we are from truly achieving gender parity; however, the pathway forward to achieving these goals is counterintuitive. Women working within A/E/C report … Continued
As any student of history knows, the concept of sustainability is not new. It has been practiced in agriculture and forestry as far back as 6000 BC, when it was recognized that the success of future harvests was dependent upon crop rotation. But what is sustainability relative to the man-made environment? The concept has come … Continued
Companies in every industry are talking about resilience: how to foster it if they don’t have it and how to strengthen it if they do. But why are we hearing more about resilience today—and why does it matter? In a world of unprecedented change, evolving technology and constant disruption, companies must be resilient to survive—and … Continued
DesignIntelligence recently spoke to Charlotte Sword (Partner, Head of Human Resources) and Laggi Diamandi (Associate Partner, Learning and Development Manager) of Foster + Partners about the state of global talent and how the firm is responding to change. This is Part 2 of the interview. DI: What is your sense of the current state of the global talent market, … Continued
With projects and offices across the planet, Foster + Partners is a truly global enterprise that deals with an equally global talent pool. As HR lead ers who are intimately involved with attracting, developing, retaining, and transitioning Foster’s talent pool, Charlotte Sword (Partner, Head of Human Resources) and Laggi Diamandi (Associate Partner, Learning and Development … Continued
The rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is propelling us toward a world where an ever-increasing amount of our experiences are mediated by digital interactivity. As this trend continues, the task of designing our built environment will be as much about designing the interactive experiences that happen in that space as it will … Continued
Sophia, a social/political robot was first introduced to the world at South by Southwest festival in 2016. A year later, she became the first robot to be granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia. Artist Joris Laarman and MX3D couple robotics with a gamut of advanced manufacturing technologies to build “butterflies” out of molten metal and innovative … Continued
In general, the big breakthroughs in big data, AI, etc. over the past five years have involved techniques which are often called “deep learning.” Following the Giants Before I studied programming formally, I was enrolled in an econometrics program at UC Berkeley. I knew just enough statistics and just enough programming that I thought I … Continued
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