Strategic Planning

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