Tag: CollaborativeDesign
A final thought on conflict. This time, how the different modes of conflict (competition, accommodation, avoidance and collaboration) can be thought of as free-body collisions. Avoidance – the…
The fourth mode of conflict is collaboration. In this mode we are interested in the other person but also keen to assert our own view. I want you…
My job today is to convince you that avoidance is a mode of conflict, alongside the others we’ve considered this week: competition and acceptance. I could try to…
This week, I’ve been posting about conflict in design. By conflict, I simply mean two people with different perspectives. What happens next, when they discover their differing views,…
Some conversations go quickly. Some conversations go better. I wrote on the 21st October about the difference between a kinetic and a thermodynamic product in a chemical reaction….
Imagine a system of design team communication that supplies the right level of information and enables the appropriate level of understanding within a suitable timeframe. A way of…
Design is full of decisions. Which client? Which supplier? Which materials? What location? Whether to build or not to build? Which idea best suits the brief? Shall I…
In my last few posts I’ve been exploring the relationship between the scale of design team and the connection with the places they are working with. Today I’ll…