Managing Design

CHAPTER 5Firm Culture: Management and Attitudes

INTERVIEW

Scott Simpson, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AAP

Former President & CEO, The Stubbins Associates; Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council

21st November 2017

Scott Simpson, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is an award-winning architect and former CEO of The Stubbins Associates in Cambridge, MA. He is an AIA Richard Upjohn Fellow of the AIA, and a Senior Fellow and Board Member of the Design Futures Council. He has lectured at the Harvard Business School; Urban Land Institute; National Press Club; architecture schools at Yale, Harvard, Rice, University of Illinois, and University of Wisconsin; AIA, as well as multiple international conferences. He has published more than 180 articles on innovation in the A/E/C industry and co-authored three books: How Firms Succeed, The Next Architect: A New Twist on the Future of Design, and Lessons from the Future. Over a 40+ year career, Simpson has been a principal in five firms including president & CEO of Flad & Associates. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the Connecticut Construction Institute and the “Hall of Fame” award from the Massachusetts Building Congress. An acknowledged expert on BIM and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and LEED, he holds degrees from Yale, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has held registration in 22 states.

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