Leadership Edge

Recurring revenue for architects? Yes.

📰 Designing to operate, embracing self-disruption, treating AI as an interdependent teammate, building psychologically safe cultures, and shifting to recurring, outcome-based services.

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This newsletter provide key insights for forward-thinking leaders seeking innovation in AEC who are short on time, offering the context of each conversation without the need to listen to the full episode. It’s designed to keep you updated, spark your interest, and encourage you to tune in if the ideas resonate.

Are you designing to build, or designing to operate?

Summary

In episode 204, I sat down with Dave Gilmore, President & CEO of DesignIntelligence, to talk about future-proofing architecture practices. We dug into intentional self-disruption, reframing value around the 90% of a building’s lifecycle that happens after handover, and how leaders can build psychologically safe, sprint-capable teams that use AI as an interdependent partner… not a shiny object. We also explored what “design beyond buildings” looks like when your scope spans experience, systems, and operations, not just form and drawings.

“Why do we turn over these unbelievably beautiful designs? They get built… and we get our check and run for the door.”
– Dave Gilmore

Key Takeaways

Here are my top takeaways from the podcast episode. Then we'll get into the deeper analysis.

Summary

Key Takeaways

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