The Politics of Design

Architect's Core Values:
Impact – the desire to create something great:
Delivering something that’s used by the business is good…but delivering something that’s a game-changer is deeply satisfying. Architects are driven by the desire to create efficient, highly effective, long lasting solutions. Substantive initiatives don’t need to be in the coolest business area or developed in the latest technology but the commonalities these initiatives share are: the significant need of the business, complexity of the challenge and the criticality of getting it right. These solutions are the first ones to come out when sharing some battle scars with some current/former colleagues.

Substantive initiatives don’t come along every day but when they do, your impact players run toward them. It’s the challenge combined with the ability to influence the way their company does business that drives them in this direction. It’s the satisfaction that comes from knowing they made an impact.

Is IMPACT something that drives you? Something that drives your staff? Please join me and help establish the Architect’s Core Values. What do you think drives the determination of an architect?

photo: Jeff EngelHardt