Principal and Chairman, Greenway
Founding Editor, Design Intelligence
Jim is the founder of Greenway. He researches, consults, and gives seminars for leading professional firms around the world.
He is the author of several hundred articles and several books, including the critically acclaimed Design + Enterprise, Seeking a New Reality in Architecture. He is co-author of How Firms Succeed, A Field Guide to Management Solutions, and is the Editor of the Almanac of Architecture and Design.
Cramer is the former Chief Executive of The American Institute of Architects in Washington DC (1988-‘94). The recipient of over eighty awards and honors, he is a Richard Upjohn Fellow of the AIA and a Fellow of International Leadership Forum in LaJolla, California. He is currently the president of the Washington DC based think tank, the Design Futures Council. An educator, futurist, and business advisor, he is often leading strategic retreats and facilitating sessions on “futures invention” and pending value migration changes in the design professions. Jim is also an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Hawaii. He works out of Greenway’s Atlanta office.