This Is DesignIntelligence

Erik Svendsen is Director of the Division of Environmental Health, Science, and Practice at the National Center for Environmental Health within the CDC. With more than 20 years of experience in research and public health, his focus is predominantly on environmentally induced illnesses. On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, he joins us to talk about what his division at the CDC does, what it means to the built environment industry, and how architects, engineers and developer can engage with the CDC to design for public health.

It's never a good or right idea to trash competitors. It will always come back to haunt you.

Dr. Mitchell Joachim is an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU and Co-Founder of Terreform ONE. He has co-authored 4 books and been featured in numerous articles, including “The Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To” in Wired and "The 100 People Who Are Changing America" by Rolling Stone. On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, he talks about promising innovation and advancements in renewable energy, AI, education and more.

Make the choice today to be the leader everyone needs you to be. Optimistic, strategic, realistic, and positively contagious. It just might turn everything around.

The hope for 2023 is that we will wake-up, set-aside the foolishness, forgive offenses and reconcile differences. That we will rediscover the common sense that we are better together than divided and that every problem we face is resolvable when we do so together.

“Resident Magnetism” is the organizational energy born out of purpose. It’s an energy that emanates from the center and pulses outward touching everyone who interacts with it. It has the power to alter perspectives and change lives.

On our recent series “Leading Creatives”, guest host Bob Fisher spoke to 4 leaders of organizations that live or die by the quality of their creativity. On this edition of This is DesignIntelligence, he shares what he learned with Dave Gilmore, including the absolute importance of relationships and culture within an organization, why diversity is key to creativity, and how conflict can either create chaos or enhance the creative.

A new model for the profession and the business of the profession is critical.  A new resilience must be introduced as opposed to that of hopeful endurance.

Lauren Schmidt is a principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox and the youngest woman in KPF’s history to hold that title. During her time at KPF, Lauren has served as designer and manager for some of the firm's most notable and complex New York City projects. On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, she talks about the value and necessity of mentorship and learning on the job, the importance of relationships built on trust, respect, and good communication, and how balancing uniqueness and consistency is key to successful projects and careers.