The Architect as Leader

About this episode

The episode discusses the essential leadership qualities architects should possess and the importance of collaboration in developing these skills.

Send us Fan Mail Four weeks ago I commented on the idea of collaboration, as if the ability to collaborate is necessary in order to have leadership skills. What are the essential qualities and why is it important that an architect have leadership skills? There are a lot of other skills associated with that - adaptability, understanding context and the fit, steering based on processes which are relevant to the task at hand … A lecturer has to know how to guide, that’s the very leas...

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Host: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob

Topics covered

• leadership
• architecture
• collaboration
• skills
• education

Keywords

• architect
• leadership skills
• collaboration
• adaptability
• context understanding

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