No one can know for sure what the future holds.
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But if you’re the ones creating it, you’ll have a pretty good sense of what it might look like. That’s the idea of the first ever Future Issue of The Quarterly, an edition dedicated to documenting how the DLN community is planning for, anticipating, and shaping the future. From insights on succession planning and legacy building to stories on mentorship and leadership strategy, our community delivers powerful tools for looking ahead. The bulk of this issue comprises the results of our first annual Member Survey, a community-wide poll that reveals fascinating insights about how leading firms are working, sourcing, purchasing, and strategizing right now. These results will help our partner brands better serve their clients and our architect and designer members understand the market they are serving. They’ve also already given the DLN team insight into how better to serve you, our community, through our program and content offerings. I couldn’t be more excited that, after 18 months of behind-the-scenes work, this issue is making its debut on our brand-new DLN website. As our new virtual calling card, the much-improved designleadershipnetwork.org spotlights our talented community to the world while also providing a personalized dashboard where our members can engage with each other, search for and share resources, register for events, and more. It’s inspiring, informative, and useful—and what could be more future-proof than that? Happy reading,
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Hadley Keller Lloyd Director of Editorial and Community Engagement