Leading Change in Cities
This month’s GreenSource Magazine has a great interview with Jan Gehl, an architect and founding partner of Gehl Architects and a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. For much of his career,...
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Tuition Tuesdays - Addressing the rising cost of tuition
For the next few Tuesdays, I’m planning to write a little about the impacts of rising tuition costs on emerging generations of students and young architects. This is a topic that seems to appear more...
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Tuition Tuesday - The Growing Burden of College Debt
Another post in the Tuition Tuesday series - this time on the ever-increasing debt loan on new graduates. A recent New York Times article, highlights the problem facing recent graduates with bachelor’s...
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Tuition Tuesday - Debt, Compensation, and an Uncertain Future
Third post in this multi-part series on increasing college tuition, with a special emphasis of course on the impact on the design professions. Today’s topic is about the growing disconnect between...
View ArticleThe World Loses a Giant - And Now It’s Up To Us
Late yesterday, our industry, and indeed our nation, was struck by the news that Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, had passed away after a 20-month battle with cancer. Most know Ray’s...
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A Shift from Managing to Navigating
Recently, Vineet Nayer, had a great post on Harvard Business Review discussing a shift from managers acting as the gatekeepers of information to navigators who use their experiences to steer the team...
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Tuition Tuesday - Student Loan Debts & Past Due Rates Increasing
2 notable reports this week already regarding the impact that economic conditions are having on various types of credit (mortgages, credit cards, student loans, etc.), both from the Wall Street Journal...
View Article7 Billion People - A Design Challenge
A big day today in the history of our precious planet - it is estimated by the UN that today is the day we cross the threshold of 7 billion people alive on Earth. Admittedly the science is a little...
View ArticleTuition Tuesday - Tuition Continues to Rise
Some new data released last week by the College Board shows that tuition and fees at both public and private 4-year institutions. A few highlights - or low points - from their research: In-state...
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Global Carbon Emissions Rise to Record Levels
A new report out this weekend from the Global Carbon Project paints a rather depressing picture of the state of our planet - we (homo sapiens) continue to increase the amount of carbon in the Earth’s...
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