Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail). Most clean energy startups, on the other hand, need huge amounts of capital to get off the ground, and so far big payoffs have been scarce.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Attitudes have changed since 2010, the last time Washington debated serious climate action, and not only because most of us have connected the dots between climate change and the extreme weather events that ravage our communities. In Colorado, the state renewable energy mandate was bumped up from 20% to 30% in 2010.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 2, 2011

I wrote Unlocking the Energy – Another Job for Leaders because I was thinking about what it actually takes for people to unlock hidden reservoirs of energy from others and have them use it willingly in the accomplishment of great work. I was also thinking about what it takes to make me give my best.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. Without secure energy and a stable climate, we won’t be able to make meaningful progress on other challenges — like connecting the world. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

pace in the first quarter of 2010. When trying to build new growth businesses, Christensen observes that organizations need to employ an emergent strategy-making process. They need to test assumptions, iterate, and change their business models rapidly in order to find a product and profit formula that is viable.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Sustainability expert Andrew Winston delivered a keynote, and was joined on the panel by David Walker, director of environmental sustainability at PepsiCo, and David Struhs , strategy VP at C3, a company whose analytics are helping the likes of Dow and Pacific Gas and Electric optimize their energy use.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Here's my take on the 10 big stories in sustainability and green business this year: The usual sustainability drivers got stronger. Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). trillion market for clothes and shoes.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Traditional business models aim to create value for shareholders, often at the expense of other stakeholders. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

If there are superconsumers in your midst, and if they’re encouraged to speak their minds, they will inject your culture with extra doses of energy, empathy, and creativity. Unlocking Energy. Time is a finite resource, but energy is not. In each, energy can be systematically expanded and regularly renewed.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Now this strategy/brand hybrid has evolved into an umbrella idea to cover everything from operational improvements — such as eco-efficiency "Treasure Hunt" events that have saved GE a whopping $150 million in energy costs — to innovation initiatives, both internal and external. Most definitely.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever's London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. Undeniably there is more pressure on the things we all depend on: finite resources like water, energy, food, certain metals and minerals, and ecosystems like fisheries and forests.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. Today, it is occurring at the level of ecosystems. The Internet of Things is a good example of this change.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Managers provide the continuity needed to execute efficiently and leaders drive the kinetic energy needed to respond dynamically to the needs of the marketplace. Once again, he had turned around a struggling company, transformed its business model and made its operations hum. Every organization needs both.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

Sue Decker, Yahoo’s former president, describes how the deal came about and what Yahoo learned from doing business in China. With the ad market under $70 million, many of our local competitors were rapidly experimenting with new types of revenue and business models and were far ahead of us. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Build a Re-Founding Team. By 1993 the company had $1.3

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