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The New Economy by Parsons School of Design
Thoughts on our global marketplace, and strategy’s role in it in Fall 2019.
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Good Business Strategy Starts with Tacos
Good Business Strategy Starts with Tacos
Let’s talk about tacos. Some are large, some are small, some are basic, some are complex, but no two tacos are exactly the same. There are…
Amanda Howald
Dec 31, 2019
My oranges are more valuable than yours!
My oranges are more valuable than yours!
If you walked by a market in the city or the town in which you live, and a vendor gave you a free basket of oranges, you would value these…
Seth LaPierre
Dec 31, 2019
Can you resilient-see your business’ future?
Can you resilient-see your business’ future?
SETTING: Manhattan, lower east side. Night time.
Seth LaPierre
Dec 31, 2019
A strategy that endures
A strategy that endures
Strategy, a key business principal used across nearly every organization, market, and industry. In my roles as an innovation and design…
Seth LaPierre
Dec 31, 2019
My algorithm will tell who to connect with…
My algorithm will tell who to connect with…
What is an algorithm? How do they influence our economy? What are their impacts on our social systems? Are we entering a culture directed…
Seth LaPierre
Dec 31, 2019
Transformers
Transformers
Scan the space around you. Imagine everything in that space could transform into something else. What if there was never a need to send…
Savita Singh
Dec 31, 2019
We are the most productive we’ve ever been.
We are the most productive we’ve ever been.
Strategic Design and Management in New Economies, Parsons (SDS) September 15th, 2019
Sneha Guntaka
Dec 31, 2019
Running for Distance Not Time
Running for Distance Not Time
When I think of strategy consulting, the top three names that come to mind are McKinsey and Company, Bain and Company and The Boston…
Sneha Guntaka
Dec 31, 2019
Let it be the end of “Que Sera Sera...”
Let it be the end of “Que Sera Sera...”
Recently, after attending the climate strike in New York City, I walked over to a coffee shop, Brooklyn Roasters. I walked up to the…
Sneha Guntaka
Dec 31, 2019
Strategy: Simplifying the Enigma
Strategy: Simplifying the Enigma
What is strategy? Why is it so important to businesses? A business without a strategy risks failure to stand out in the market which, in…
Amanda Howald
Dec 31, 2019
Different Strokes
Different Strokes
Henry Mintzberg outlined ten schools of thought for strategy formulation that companies tend to follow. Although these strategies aren’t…
Savita Singh
Dec 31, 2019
Problem Solvers of this Era
Problem Solvers of this Era
In this era, companies need from designers and strategies to solve their business problems. These two roles have different characteristics…
Ivet Uribe Cervantes
Dec 31, 2019
Graphic, Product, UX Designer… what next
Graphic, Product, UX Designer… what next
The roles of designers and strategists are often confused. Designers use design thinking in their everyday jobs, which is one part of the…
Savita Singh
Dec 31, 2019
Strategy… small firm or BIG FIRM?
Strategy… small firm or BIG FIRM?
If you conduct an online search for the top consulting firms for strategy you will likely come across the Vault.com publication “2020 Best…
Seth LaPierre
Dec 31, 2019
Navigating our Economic Future Through Systems
Navigating our Economic Future Through Systems
In today’s increasingly complex world, it can be quite difficult to understand how we, as humans, should navigate. After all, we are…
Amanda Howald
Dec 31, 2019
Capitalism: The Great Deficit
Capitalism: The Great Deficit
Some would say that capitalism as we know it is entering the “beginning of the end” of its lifecycle. One view is that there are just too…
Sneha Guntaka
Dec 31, 2019
Time for an Economic Overhaul
Time for an Economic Overhaul
Resources, production, and distribution are what form’s an economic system. Within this, we have patterns of consumption which drives the…
Savita Singh
Dec 31, 2019
The Past, Present, and Future of Economies: A Story of Power
The Past, Present, and Future of Economies: A Story of Power
Since the dawn of civilization, man has been fighting for power. The idea of “world peace” has been around for ages, yet war remains the…
Amanda Howald
Dec 31, 2019
The New Economy: Events & Patterns
The New Economy: Events & Patterns
The economy is continually evolving, and the factors that influence change are not always readily apparent. In fact, the forces that…
Raed Jumean
Dec 31, 2019
China a capitalist country with a socialist façade
China a capitalist country with a socialist façade
China is the largest self-identified socialist country with modern capitalist society, from excessive consumption to an enormous gap…
Ivet Uribe Cervantes
Dec 31, 2019
Artificial Culture : New or Timeless?
Artificial Culture : New or Timeless?
Algorithmic Impact on our Cultures
Jesse F
Dec 8, 2019
Welcome to Algocracy !
Welcome to Algocracy !
What is an Algorithm?
Maria Kaliora
Dec 8, 2019
Our culture the output of an algorithm
Our culture the output of an algorithm
The ecosystem we live in, as humans, is a part of the natural structure. We interact with one another and our environments through social…
May Elmachtoub
Nov 25, 2019
Why the Circular Economy Requires Rational Thought
Why the Circular Economy Requires Rational Thought
And why it abandons the Rational Economic Man
Lee Anderson
Nov 24, 2019
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