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Leadership is THE Strategic Issue Most designers don’t think of themselves as having a place in high councils of decision making. But that is where they are needed most. The first step is for designers to begin to imagine themselves as leaders — of design firms, of communities, of cultural organizations, of corporations, and beyond. Richard Farson
Setting a Global Agenda These are interesting times for U.S. professional practices — at once stimulating and vexing. Results of the DesignIntelligence Multinational Design Firm Fee Survey tell a story of guarded optimism and prudent growth. James P. Cramer
Advice for Design Entrepreneurs Design entrepreneurs who don’t yet possess the resources to hire full-time marketing staff must do the job themselves: Be the expert, get that message out, and business will come to you. Brenda Richards and Kathleen Soldati

January 21 - 22, 2009
La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla, Calif. 5th Annual Leadership Conference on Design Strategy, Innovation, and Change
Spring 2009
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, Mass. Design Firm Leadership Conference 2009