--- title: Reframing leadership as a design problem | daily.dev description: Nicholas de Monchaux reflects on his tenure as head of MIT's Department of Architecture (2020–2026), framing leadership as a design problem informed by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/reframing-leadership-as-a-design-problem-c7bs9sph8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Reframing leadership as a design problem | daily.dev og:description: Nicholas de Monchaux reflects on his tenure as head of MIT's Department of Architecture (2020–2026), framing leadership as a design problem informed by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/reframing-leadership-as-a-design-problem-c7bs9sph8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/C7bS9sPH8.png og:image:alt: Reframing leadership as a design problem og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Reframing leadership as a design problem **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nicholas de Monchaux reflects on his tenure as head of MIT's Department of Architecture (2020–2026), framing leadership as a design problem informed by complexity science. He navigated pandemic disruption, launched Climate Studios integrating research and teaching on circularity and resilience, advanced the department's collaboration with Tuskegee University, and strengthened institutional infrastructure including increased graduate fellowship support and professional degree accreditation. He transitions to become dean of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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