As of July 26 2014, the Silver Line has officially arrived in Reston. Although phase 2 of the Silver Line and the Reston Town Center station will not be completed until 2018, the train takes visitors directly from Downtown DC to Reston. People in Reston have already started to feel happiness from the easy access […]
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Change management and employee engagement are extremely topical as we discussed in the Top Workplace Trends for 2014, but what exactly does “change management” mean? Per the Association of Change Management Professionals, change management is “a deliberate set of activities that facilitate and support the success of individual and organizational change and the realization of […]
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How can Internet of Everything principles and interconnected design enable better user experiences across the scales at which RTKL and Arcadis design? Earlier this summer, Michael Colburn and I introduced our research into the Internet of Everything and Interconnected Design. For those who took time to read our introductory blog, hopefully you came away with […]
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Should we really view Google as the holy grail of workplace environments?
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I recently heard a story about a patient with a tracheotomy. He was cold, so to the best of his ability he verbally asked for ‘pants.’ The nurse misunderstood and thought he said ‘pain.’ In this situation, non-verbal communication, such as confirming with use of eye blinks, would have overcome a language barrier and prevented […]
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If there is a defining characteristic of the new millennium, it’s technology. The internet connects over 8.7 billion people who watch 39 billion online videos per month. The average American has 5-7 devices per household. We have an estimated 25-40 apps on our smartphones and over 29 million people watch videos on YouTube, making it […]
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No matter where you look, it’s clear that the digital age is upon us. The dizzying flurry of new technology onto the consumer scene over the last decade has changed almost every aspect of our lives, and the retail industry is anything but immune to this tech takeover. The landscape of how we shop is […]
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It’s been an interesting journey so far. After an enthusiastic and stressful campaigning effort for the Kagan Fellowship People’s Choice Award, it’s now time to really dive into the research. As I begin this journey, I would like to share my thought process, as well as the progress I have made so far. THE PROJECT: […]
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Aristotle said, “People come together in cities to live, but they stay together in cities to live the good life.” As urban planners and architects, we strive to improve people’s lives through thoughtful design and planning for the built environment. Urban transit has been promoted as a way to make cities more livable, sustainable and […]
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