4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks

4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks

As our world becomes unpredictably hotter due to climate change caused by carbon emissions, governments and organizations are taking increasingly bolder actions to curb and mitigate associated risks. One fascinating emergence from this past summer has been the emergence of Chief Heat Officers (CHO). Among other cities, we’ve seen Miami, Phoenix, and Los Angeles all…

Transforming science and policy to solve generational challenges

Transforming science and policy to solve generational challenges

  Nearly every day, a new report comes to my attention that evaluates an existing problem or proposes how to solve one. Most frequently, the new insights are incremental. Reducing the parts per million concentration of an air pollutant, achieving continuous annual improvement in energy efficiency or increasing municipal recycling rates all illustrate the predominant…

Maximizing Indoor Air Quality: A Guide to Effective Air Conditioning

Maximizing Indoor Air Quality: A Guide to Effective Air Conditioning

With many of us now choosing to work from home, the onus has been placed on businesses to improve working environments if they want staff to come into the workplace more often than not. Companies of all sizes need to think about the little things that they can do to have a positive impact on…

Future-Proofing Healthcare Infrastructure

Future-Proofing Healthcare Infrastructure

  Architects are focused on designing medical facilities that are sustainable, as well as pandemic- and future-proof. The past few decades have brought the emergence of new construction technologies. While green buildings and energy-efficient technologies promise to reduce carbon footprints and create a healthier built environment, it is becoming easy to see the irony of…

The investors that matter still want you to focus on the long term

The investors that matter still want you to focus on the long term

To say that shareholders care most about today’s stock price movements has become a truism. And perhaps some truly do feel this way. It’s hard to emerge from a quarterly earnings call without the impression that at least analysts care a great deal about meeting upcoming targets. Long-term institutional investors (also known as intrinsic investors),…

Rising CEOs: Lessons from the McKinsey Leadership Forum

Rising CEOs: Lessons from the McKinsey Leadership Forum

What does it take to become a CEO? Every year since 2006, the McKinsey Leadership Forum has convened an elite group of C-suite executives to tackle this and other key questions facing those near the very top of their organizations. In candid dialogue with current and former CEOs, as well as McKinsey’s own experts, participants…