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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. In the wake of 9/11, GE’s people needed to hear, and to believe, that we had a plan and that, working together, they could help us execute it. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. Transparency is an admirable goal.

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Using AI To Better Manage A City’s Waste

The Horizons Tracker

Space is at a premium in most cities around the world, and few would actively choose to devote more of it to waste management than was strictly necessary. Recent research from the University of Johannesburg explores how AI can give waste managers a helping hand in forecasting the landfill requirements of their city in the medium to long-term.

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Change is a Double-Edged Sword

Lead Change Blog

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. That is because, in my experience, change plans rarely survive intact from their initial interaction with people. Change arouses emotions.

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Independent Board Members Aren’t The Silver Bullet For Corporate Governance

The Horizons Tracker

” Well managed. Corporate governance entered the spotlight in 2001 with the Enron scandal and the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, which fundamentally changed the makeup and responsibility of boards. “They read all of the plans, and they talk to the CEOs regularly. ” Serious business.

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What Prompts Investments In Energy Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

billion in 2001 to $20.1 In China, for instance, spending on fossil fuel innovation grew from just $90 million in 2001 to $1.673 billion in 2018. We live in times of heightened geopolitical tensions—China recently announced plans to stop climate cooperation with the US,” the authors explain. billion in 2018. Driving the change.

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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

For example, within a matter of hours following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, aircraft carriers, Aegis destroyers and cruisers were in position to protect America’s shores. and planning for America’s response began while the embers of the fire from the terrorist attack still smoldered a short distance away.

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How Google “grows” better managers

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Adam Bryant for The New York Times (March 12, 2001) in which he focuses on a plan that Google code-named Project Oxygen in early 2009. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Laszlo Bock of Google says its study found that a [.].