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Organizations most responsive to change are often the ones that replace the orchestral model with a new one — the jazz combo.
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Sing Sing is a movie that takes place in a prison, but it’s not a prison movie.
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Ellen McGirt
Designing for racial inclusion
In the 1940s, Paul Revere Williams was a well-established architect to the stars in Los Angeles when he turned his sights on humbler, more American, fare. “An eager generation of young people coming out of the war is filled with the desire to have homes of their own — and homes of their own planning and building,” he … Continued
Dave Snyder
The compound interest of design: what not to build
Editor’s note: This is Dave Snyder’s first opinion piece for Design Observer. Be sure to read to the end. I’ve been designing digital products for 25 years. I remember when the big decision was going from 800×600 to 1024 pixels. I’ve lived through multiple cycles of VR hype, watched the web go from static pages … Continued
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