Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. Whether they are on center stage or behind the scenes, managers know who these top players are, understand their worth, and want more of them on their team.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2020

Solar energy is one of the best investments you can make for your business. According to Geo Green Power , specialists in large-scale commercial solar panel arrays, generating your own solar energy will significantly reduce your carbon footprint, increase your company’s sustainable credentials and improve your business reputation.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 17, 2022

As the effects of the pandemic come to light and organizational resources are more finite than ever before, leaders are looking closely at these metrics to justify the cost of development programs. Managers don’t measure absolute points so much as they manage change” (Fitz – Enz, 2009, p. Nicastro 2020).

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

By the end of 2020, industry watchers expect businesses to spend $51.8 Cost Efficiency. These costs can quickly run up a significant bill, especially if you are not running a large number of servers that can bring the unit cost down. That makes the overall cost to you notably cheaper than bringing it in-house.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As per the reports of 2020, over 30 billion smart devices are connected to the internet. Before choosing one, you must pay attention to the kind of technologies and the cost to invest. It can even connect to low-energy sensors. Technology has taken over your lives.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Ann also met with Titania Woo of The Hong Kong Management Association to discuss partnership opportunities in the region. Furthermore, Ann was delighted to be able to personally present a number of Chartered Managers and Fellows with their certificates. Learn more here.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. I had no idea how their use would fuel the rise of today’s online businesses. ” -Stefan Thomke.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

It means energy turning point. (We In this transformation, we are witnessing the decarbonization of power consumption, thanks to the large-scale deployment of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. In 2016, renewable, intermittent energy sources contributed more than 30% to gross electricity generation.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

While many view this term as “management jargon,” it goes beyond encouraging people to speak up and share ideas. Part of that effort is for each team to create a plan for how they will manage their energy and well-being. These are enablers for driving speed, value and lower cost for clients. PHOTO: PwC.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

By the end of 2020, over 40% of the global population will be 24 and younger, with the first crop emerging from college now, making up 5% (and counting) of the workforce 6. While seniority is no longer a key factor in promotion, they are more likely than millennials to have poured years and energy into their current employer.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

If there’s one constant in 2020, it’s change. If you think you don’t have time for it, ask yourself: What is not paying attention costing you? If you’re going to be curious, there are a couple of big costs to pay. The second cost is ego. Shared understanding is critical because it’s the foundation for all future action.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Americans — and American companies — have also connected the dots between clean energy and economic growth, with 87% last year saying that developing clean energy should be a priority for the President and Congress. In Colorado, the state renewable energy mandate was bumped up from 20% to 30% in 2010. The program delivered $1.6

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The cost of sensors, processing power, and bandwidth to connect devices has dropped low enough to spur widespread deployment. Cars are becoming more connected with each new model, driven by infotainment, navigation, safety, diagnostics, and fleet management. The repercussions span industries and regions.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A look at global trends such as energy demand should remind leaders of businesses small and large that what we do every day matters. Last year during Climate Week, my company took the opportunity to publicly announce a commitment to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of our operations and product portfolio.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Organizational careers don’t look the way they did before,” says Peter Cappelli, professor of management at the Wharton School and coauthor of Managing the Older Worker. It’s more common to see someone younger managing someone older.” Generation-based employee affinity groups are a waste of time and energy, he adds.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

The money collected will go to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets , allowing Microsoft to declare itself carbon neutral. Microsoft seems more interested in lowering overall carbon emissions and energy use, not just neutrality in and of itself. Accountability throughout the organization. Risk reduction.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

A surprising number reach for deep changes in the world, going well beyond the expected and narrower kind of goals like “reduce energy use 10%.” GM wanted 100 landfill-free (“zero waste”) manufacturing sites by 2020. Deutsche Bahn: Achieve rail transport that is CO2-free and powered by renewables.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

The trillion-dollar number is not random: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that the world needs to pour $36 trillion of investment into the clean economy between now and 2050 in order to keep the planet below the critical warming threshold of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 o C).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I have interviewed over 100 CEOs, C-suite executives, middle managers, and shop floor workers in more than 25 companies across the world to understand why most companies fail to embed sustainability in their business models and, also, what drives success among the handful that do. Most of us work to preserve the value of things we own.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million. New data shows that sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent. Sustainability Talent management' They equip employees with the right tools and training.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The World Economic Forum predicts that “by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today.” Armies of actuaries worked tirelessly to estimate the cost of underwriting certain risks (or risk pools).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For every liter of its beverage products (like Sprite, Dasani, teas, juices, and energy drinks) you’re drinking about a liter of the life-giving liquid. ” It’s a parallel concept to the carbon neutrality that many companies try to achieve by, for example, using renewable energy, planting trees, or buying carbon offsets.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Zipcar is a great example of how you can create a new type of business, enhance a user experience, and find cost and operational efficiencies by cleverly employing these technologies. Microprocessors can get built into just about anything with almost negligible cost. This cuts down electricity by avoiding vampire energy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

How producers manage the resources they have is far more important than how much they have. Technology is enabling people to use energy more efficiently in their homes, offices, and factories. Of course, a low-growth environment creates plenty of challenges for energy producers. But that’s no longer the case.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

The global economy is in a massive transition from a fossil-fuel-based energy system to one using sophisticated renewable energy technologies. For tens of thousands of fossil fuel workers, though, the energy industry outlook is not promising. However, managers and particularly executives would make less.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

Advancements in artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices have made it possible for cities to increase efficiencies across multiple services like public safety, transportation, water management and even healthcare. An estimated 2.3 the technology research and advisory company.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Falling into that ageless prediction and prophesy sinkhole , this group of prognosticators forecasts that we will exhaust all of the earth’s resources and energy sources within 50 years. Economic growth and innovation often lead to resource-saving through miniaturization (such as in computers and phones) and energy efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

But there our story deviates from the norm because our turnaround wasn't based on cost control, financial leverage, or manufacturing efficiencies. In pursuit of this goal, I committed Desso to becoming 100% Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. We will phase out all chemicals deemed unacceptable according to Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

After deploying to six metro areas in six years, however, company management announced in late 2016 that it was “pausing” future deployments. The overall goal: to ensure at least 100,000,000 Americans had access to broadband speeds of 100 Mbps by 2020. Construction costs fell, and the speed of deployments increased.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

Survey-based reports find that firms are currently spending an estimated $36 billion on storage and infrastructure, and that is expected to double by 2020. Machine downtime imposes a cost to firms due to forgone productivity and can be particularly disruptive in both complex manufacturing supply chains and consumer products.

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HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled trucks are significantly reducing operational costs in the mining sector. Automation in Maritime industry is turning crew members into system managers. The US mining company is also using other mining automated technologies to lower production cost for an ounce of gold to US$700.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. the Obama administration started to incorporate the “social cost of carbon” in decision-making and the Pentagon made climate change a military priority. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

A GreenBiz report indicated that progress had slowed or even regressed, but MIT and BCG also declared that sustainability had reached a "tipping point" with more companies putting sustainability "on the management agenda.". Mega weather took many lives and cost over $120 billion in the U.S. In reality, both views were right.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The cost to build and produce solar and wind power, for example, has dropped 60%–80% since 2010 , making it cheaper than grid electricity in most states. These things are not theoretical and are costing business and society today. The economics are too good. And, most critical, this economic reality holds even without subsidies.

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