Healthcare Design - October 2016 - 8

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Hank Adams
John W. Andrews

NOW HIRING

Carolyn BaRoss

Talent acquisition in the healthcare design
industry faces challenges other sectors don't,
requiring creative approaches to attracting the
next generation By Kristin D. Zeit

Jody Barry

LEO A DALY

PERKINS+WILL

ADVENTIST CARE CENTERS

Jeffrey Brand
Sam Burnette

HDR

PERKINS EASTMAN

EARL S WENSSON ASSOCIATES

Sheila F. Cahnman
JUMPG ARDEN CONSULTING LLC

Thomas W. Chessum
James Crispino

CO ARCHITECTS

F RANCIS CAUFFMAN

Christine Hester Devens

IF THERE'S ONE thing all the various players in

our industry have in common-whether you
work for a hospital, design firm, construction
company, product manufacturer, or something
else-it's the challenge of hiring new talent. It's
not merely about finding the right credentials to
fit the job in question. It's about teasing out the
needs/expectations of the younger generations.
It's about attracting talented individuals of different sexes, races, and backgrounds to fields
that often lag behind in the diversity department. And in the world of healthcare, it's about drawing creative workers
to what's often written off as an "unglamorous" sector-and then keeping
those young professionals (conditioned by the Internet and social media to
expect immediate gratification) when the projects they're working on take
years to complete.
There are other challenges, too, and we recently had the chance to dig
into those during our first annual Healthcare Design Forum last month
(Sept. 8-10 in Santa Rosa, Calif.). The Forum (HCDforum.com) allowed us
to gather a select group of industry thought leaders-including our editorial advisory board, listed at right-for something a little different. "Talent
acquisition and nurturing the next generation of designers" was just one
of a dozen potential topics for planned small-group discussions during the
event. But it was among the top three vote-getters from attendees, and after our opening keynote speaker, Emily Pilloton, shared with the group details of her work teaching high schoolers about hands-on architecture and
design, the topic took on a life of its own.
In my small group, there was much talk of Millennials: what they expect, how they want to work, what they're good at (technology), and what
they're not (hand sketching). Obviously, these are generalizations, but the
issues come up often enough that firm leaders, healthcare administrators,
and manufacturing executives-all represented in my group of 11-are
eager for new ways to forge connections.
In a report-out by the individual groups, attendees shared some great
suggestions and best practices for talent acquisition in light of all the challenges above. And they applied their considerable brainpower to other key
issues, such as improving HCAHPS scores through design and how to create adaptable/flexible healthcare spaces. We'll be compiling more insight
and photos from the HCD Forum and sharing them over the coming month
in our pages and online. Planning for next year's Forum is already underway, and we hope you'll consider attending. Stay tuned for more details. 

Mary Frazier

Jocelyn Lum Frederick
TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES

Natalie Miovski Hagerty
THE CHILDREN'S HOS PITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Laurel Harrison
Walter Jones

STANTEC

METROHEALTH SYSTEM

Julie Kent

TRINITY HEALTH

Michael Lied
Jain Malkin

G BBN ARCHITECTS
J AIN MALKIN INC.

Mike McKay
Don Orndoff

ERDMAN

KAISER PERMANENTE

Diane R.K. Osan

FKP ARCHITECTS

Mark Patterson

SMITHGROUPJJR

Andrew Quirk

S KANSKA USA BUILDING

Pamela H. Redden
UNIVERSITY OF TEX AS , DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL

William D. Repichowskyj
E4H ARCHITECTURE

Joan Saba

NBBJ

Kim Shinn
TLC ENGINEERING FOR ARCHITECTURE

Janet H. Sisolak
UT MD A NDERS ON CANCER CENTER

Karl R. Sonnenberg
ZIMMER GUNS UL F RASCA ARCHITECTS LLP

Steve Stokes CALLISONRTKL
Jeffrey C. Stouffer
Joseph Strauss

HKS INC.

CLEVELAND CLINIC

Paul E. Strohm
Jocelyn Stroupe

HOK

CANNONDESIGN

Don Thomas

BWBR

Roger S. Ulrich
CHALMERS UNIVERS ITY OF TECHNOLOGY
VANCE CONSULTING

OCTOBER 2016

HCDMAGAZINE.COM

HGA INC.
NIGEL BUCHANAN

Gary L. Vance

Christine Guzzo Vickery

AECOM

EWINGCOLE

http://www.HCDforum.com http://www.HCDMAGAZINE.COM

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