§ 04 / Field notes
Working memory of the lab.
Short essays from the lab's working memory: things observed in the field, methods being tested, ideas still being pulled on. Revised in place as the thinking evolves.
Field notes
Short essays from the lab's working memory, methods being tested, patterns that keep showing up, ideas still being pulled on. Revised in place as the thinking evolves. For more polished writing, see publications. For the methods these notes reference, see methods.
2026-05-29
Anchor, then hold space
Inclusive leadership as a stance, not a competency. From a workshop the Career Design Lab ran for ISEO mentors at Dartmouth.
2026-05-12
Discipline-specific or universal?
RQ 5 isn't theoretical; it's a daily question.
2026-05-05
AI as mirror, not advisor
The design choice in NBD to use AI for reflection-surfacing rather than recommendation.
2026-04-22
The 90-minute constraint
Why NBD is 90 minutes, and why that's pedagogical, not logistical.
2026-04-08
What architecture studios know about reflection
Critique-as-reflection, ported from design education to career deliberation.
2026-03-25
Compression as a method
A method that keeps showing up across the lab's projects, often unannounced.
2026-03-11
Maps over lists
A pattern that has shown up independently in two of the lab's projects.
2026-02-26
Research cycles, not curricula
What changes when you treat teaching as design-research iteration.
2026-02-12
Environments, not advice
The lab's design ethic, and what it means in practice.
2026-01-29
Throughput vs. understanding
The institutional design problem the lab is responding to.
2026-01-15
Career development as learning
The lab's one substantive commitment, and what changes downstream when you accept it.