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Studio Rick Joy: Fireside Chat (w/ Rick Joy, Taylor Dickson)
An architect’s role by definition revolves around the planning, designing, and construction of buildings. But Rick Joy, principal at Studio Rick Joy, doesn’t see it th...
Selldorf Architects: How To Build Collaborative Practices (w/ Sara Lopergolo, Oliver Link)
Building a strong team sounds simple: put a bunch of talented people with complementary skill sets together in the same room. But in reality, there’s a carefully calib...
Diller Scofidio + Renfro: How To Run Projects And Lead Teams (w/ Holly Deichmann, Zoë Star Small)
Strong leadership is the secret sauce of strong companies. You may be the most creative and most groundbreaking firm on the planet. But if your teams don’t work well t...
Mancini Duffy: How to Reinvent a 105-Year-Old Design Firm (w/ Christian Giordano, Bolanle Williams-Olley )
A technology-first firm is not one that merely uses the latest technology in their practice. It’s a firm that leverages that technology to allow collaboration in the s...
Woods Bagot: How To Increase the Impact of Digital Culture (w/ Shane Burger)
Digital is taking over the working world, and it’s time for your company to catch up. More and more, clients are clamoring for digital-based options, but many business...
Moody Nolan: How To Launch Operations in NYC (w/ Latoya Nelson Kamdang, Dawne David-Pierre)
Launching an office in a new city requires a solid operations team and a structured plan for growth. Moody Nolan’s New York City office started with four people just o...
Dattner Architects: How To Build Firm Health And Vitality (w/ Kirsten Sibilia)
Midsize architecture firms face unique threats to their longevity compared to small and large firms. Mega firms seem poised to gobble them up, and it’s hard to compete...
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations: How To Manage A $20B Global Design Program (w/ Angel A. Dizon, III)
The idea of a $20 billion budget can make your head spin. But in the right hands, that kind of funding can accomplish a world of good. That’s exactly the mission of An...
SHoP Architects: How To Re-invent What Practice Is (w/ Gregg Pasquarelli)
You own your career trajectory. Whatever field you’re in, you have the power to make your work stand out, so clients take notice and want more. It takes a little darin...
Moody Nolan: How To Design Sustainable Operations (w/ Allen Schaffer)
A growing number of firms are combining two major responsibilities into one role: chief operating officer and sustainability director. It’s a lot to juggle in a small ...
Snohetta: Collective Intuition & Operations (w/ Elaine Molinar, Michelle Delk)
In the workplace, collaboration is the glue that holds a company together. But getting your employees to function as a cohesive unit is a unique challenge, especially ...
Rossmann Architecture Inc: Success Stories (w/ Shane Balcom)
Today’s business landscape calls for new and disruptive ways of doing things. You wouldn’t typically think of placing a software professional at the helm of an archite...
Colloqate Design: Success Stories (w/ Bryan C. Lee Jr.)
When the focal point of your work is design justice, your processes look a bit different than the average design firm. For one thing, processes need to be simultaneous...
HOPEWORKSDESIGN: The Value of Investing in Performance Marketing for Your Practice (w/ Hope Trory)
Does this sound familiar? You need to bring in more clients to your practice to increase your revenue, but you don’t know if the money and time you spend on marketing ...
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Operationalizing Business Development (w/ Iben Falconer)
If you’re a doer-seller, you’re probably more comfortable “doing” than “selling.” Nobody goes to school to become an engineer, a designer, or an architect because they...
Lake|Flato Architects: How to Leverage Synergies at the Intersection of Sustainability, Design Technology and IT (w/ Scott Lelieur, Dan Stine)
If you want your business to run efficiently, you have to give your employees access to the proper tools and technology so they can get the job done. But it can be a c...
Slack Technologies / Practice of Architecture: Building & Running a Hybrid Practice (w/ Evelyn Lee)
If your firm is considering going hybrid, it’s a much bigger decision than deciding how many hours per week you’ll ask staff to spend in the office. It also means over...
HKS Architects: JEDI in Practice (w/ Yiselle Santos)
With the surging demand for diversity in the workplace, many companies are scrambling to figure out how to increase—and manage—gender and ethnic diversity within their...
Charrette Venture Group: Financial Management Basics for Small Firms (w/ Rena M. Klein)
Financial management isn’t just standard accounting. It also involves looking at the big picture of your financial performance to make smart business decisions. When y...
KatalystDI: Organizing Work Towards Adaptive Organizations (w/ Libo Li)
The world is changing fast. In order for your practice to survive, you’ll have to change along with it. New technologies and new ways of communicating can be scary, bu...
Talentstar: Marketing for Talent (w/ Marjanne Pearson, Linda Wallack)
Finding and hiring top talent is a challenge for any company, especially in today’s competitive hiring environment. To give your business the best shot at attracting a...
Workshop/APD: Success Stories (w/ Thomas Julliard Zoli)
How can you finally say goodbye to an unwieldy spreadsheet system and streamline your operation from start to finish? At Workshop/APD, the team develops strategic and ...
Traverse Landscape Architects: Success Stories (w/ Arthur Eddy, Marie Eddy)
Architects don’t receive a lot of training on business and finance. And staff members with business experience don’t often understand the design side. So, how do these...
Verdant Studio: Success Stories (w/ Jessica Hester, Natasha Brand)
How do you operate a national practice that encompasses art, architecture, historical preservation, and construction documents all under one roof? That’s the task of V...
Krueck Sexton Partners: Success Stories (w/ Tom Jacobs)
When an architecture firm is just starting out, almost anything goes in the quest to get up and running. But once you’re more established, two things need to become fo...
Talentstar: The Future of Practice Operations (w/ Marjanne Pearson)
When you think of practice operations, you may think of the tools, information systems, and resources that have to be managed on a daily basis. But Marjanne Pearson, f...
RIOS: Silver Linings, Audacity and Joy - The New Practice Playbook (w/ Jessamyn Davis, Andy Lantz)
Have you considered a unique firm structure? RIOS’ practice structure might just take the cake, as it is unique at every level. Not only do they have two CEOs, but the...
Adjaye Associates, Decanthropy: How To Build Communities As An Architect (w/ Farida Abu-Bakare, Ian Rolston)
Now more than ever there’s an opportunity to design with purpose, and with a goal of equity so that spaces are built for everyone. But in order to do that, we need to ...
Olson Kundig: How To Blend The Art Of Business With Architecture (w/ "HP" Hemanshu Parwani)
In a world of seven billion people and counting, innovative design has become more important than ever. From residential to transportation to healthcare, how can we cr...
Kontextur, Subtilitas: How To Share Architectural Knowledge (w/ Katharina Benjamin, Jeff Kaplon)
Social media has allowed us to share our ideas on just about every subject. But free-flowing discourse on architecture styles and design careers hasn’t always been ava...