5 June 2009 | Posted inBiomimicry, Blog News & Updates, Projects, Sustainable Design
“Art of the Long View”
It’s a very exciting time around the Planning Group, we’re always on the go! As such, we recently took some time to mentally escape from the day-to-day and explore the “Art of the Long View.” Inspired by Peter Schwartz’ book of the same name, we partnered with our friends at Magellan Consulting to research what we felt were the top 10 forces shaping our world between now and 2050. We’re calling this the futurity series. As we re-imagine the role of the design community in our global economy, this material has served as food-for-thought for some amazing conversations across HOK.
So what did we learn? Though we’re still chatting, the idea of resiliency has undeniably emerged as a major theme. Resiliency is the not-so-new idea taken from nature that we can withstand the inevitable shocks to the system, rebuild, and continue to adapt and evolve into something better. The key is that resiliency doesn’t just happen – we have to plan for it.
For HOK, this means forming non-tranditional partnerhsips and alliances and exploring how we can help clients use design and systmes thinking to creatively solve new types of challenges. We’ve set up a website for further discussion HERE which includes resources and examples of where this is already taking place. We’re moving forward to understand what these trends mean for different organizations and projects. We’d love to hear what you have to say!
Over the next few weeks, we can further explore these top 10 forces of global change, so stay tuned! Until then, just consider what the possible link could be between these images…
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