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Tag: Jesse Baerkahn

Update #19: Urgency Examined

My major takeaway of 2021 is that the sense of urgency — the faster is better approach — that is embedded in much of our work is a major problem; and often a massive miss. It spurs project outcomes that are less thoughtful, calculated, and creative. Further, urgency in professional settings, especially at real estate firms, may result in processes that leave critical stakeholders behind, fuel flawed internal decision making, and perpetuate certain aspects of institutional racism in the staffing, permitting, underwriting, design, and marketing of projects.

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PHL

Lots I could write this morning about this study, our work with Wexford, Philadelphia, and what it was like to be out in the world again (this is my first work trip out of Boston since Feb 2020). But instead I’m going to write about the to-go cocktail I was given by the team at Cheu in Fishtown last night.

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The Graffito Podcast: That’s A Wrap!

Today we posted the last episode of The Graffito Podcast season 1, which was cut short because of the rising COVID numbers in our city. While it’s deeply satisfying seeing people and having face to face conversations (albeit 15 feet part in our office/studio), we’ve decided that bringing guests into our HQ should be suspended until infection rates have been lowered.

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