Chris Taylor

Strategist

Chris Taylor cares about the numbers. Your numbers, specifically. As an economist and international business scholar with his MBA from University of Michigan, and our Business Strategist, when Chris talks, we listen. What is an economist doing working for a design firm? We have this theory that if our work supports your strategy, then your investment with us is well made. In practice it means that Chris will ask a lot of questions, thoroughly understand the strategy behind your work, and make sure everyone touching your project understands too. He may be the most voracious reader in the office (We’ll have to have a read-off some time to find out.), is a dedicated foodie, a dad to Colin and Wyatt, and with Nicole, swims to work off all those great meals.

Education

University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business


Posts by Chris Taylor

The Gel Health experience
Kevin and I recently attended the first ever Gel Health conference. Gel, which stands for "good experience live," is hosted by Mark Hurst, who managed to bring together an eclectic group of speakers and participants with a common interest in improving the patient experience in health care environments.Kevin and I recently attended the first ever Gel Health conference. More
Innovate to the best of your ability
The concept of personality types has become conventional wisdom. As a culture, we seem to accept the fact that no single person can be competent at all types of tasks. Using the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator, a person categorized as INFP should probably not be asked to take on a position that requires purely fact-based judgments. More
The Economics of Content?
I recently read the book Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams. The book emphasizes and provides examples of how some segments of the economy have been shifting from traditional models for product and service development to open, collective review and discussion, with users, with field experts, with prosumers and pundits. Learning about the market by learning from the market to discover more faster. More