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  • Community • Issue 018

    Mapping Systems of Violence and Justice in Boston (ONLINE EXCLUSIVE)

    Marcus (whose name has been changed here to protect his privacy) was 14 when he was arrested for the first time. After messing around with friends and stealing a car, he was taken to the station for booking and then directly to court, where he was assigned community service and probation. Throughout his probation period, he was supported by a local nonprofit that provided after-school programming, legal aid, and a mentor.

  • Education • Issue 019

    Creating a Learning Organization

    Education can take on many forms and apply to a myriad of different professions and workspaces. In the following conversation, which took place in April, former CoDesign Collaborative Director of Learning and Interpretation Diana Navarrete-Rackauckas spoke over Zoom with three professionals—Josephine Holmboe, Leah Ben-Ami, and Ray Coderre—who each shared how education impacts their specific careers, and the unique challenges they faced as a result of the unprecedented events of the last year.

    Headshots of guest speakers

  • Community • Issue 017

    UnitedHealth Group and Optum Emphasize the Care in Healthcare

    As with virtually every other aspect of our lives, technology has revolutionized healthcare. Over the past decade, patients and healthcare providers began to interact through online and mobile devices.

  • Workplace • Issue 016

    The Rise of the Remote Meeting

    Those of us who chose to work remotely before 2020, at a time when we could move freely between our home offices and our communities, did so with immense privilege. I am one of these people.

  • Workplace • Issue 010

    Sell by Design

    When Sachin Rai boarded a Greyhound bus in San Francisco, he had little idea that his trip to Los Angeles would land him a multimillion-dollar sales contract.

  • Environment • Issue 008

    Awakening Cities

    Once known simply as “The Wall,” the Green Monster is Fenway Park’s legendary left field wall: one so tall, it’s wildly difficult to hit a ball over. Imagine you’re near Fenway Park, Lansdowne Street on a summer night. As you approach the gigantic steel structure that supports the Green Monster, you hear a rhythm emanating from its bays. Not from a concert within the stadium, but from the actual wall. Then, you see that wall light up, and realize there are people in those bays, drumming on the beams like they’re instruments.