Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

Their daily in-person interactions are limited to the few people they live with and their other interactions are intermediated through digital technology. The need for connection is not a one-time or short-term thing; connection should be the ongoing reality of how a team functions together.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 29, 2019

The firms have traditionally operated in decidedly unglamorous fields, whose markets have seemed unduly narrow, but by ascending to global dominance of those fields, the companies have been tremendously successful. They utilize digital technology to disrupt traditional business models.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The need for short-, mid-, and long-term planning will always exist as a critical factor in successful business regardless of changes in technology. Avoid the unnecessary expenditure of energy and capital. Reflect the operating values and culture of the organization. – Elliott Jaques.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

CMI Malaysia at IET Gala On 18 February, representatives from CMI Malaysia attended the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysia prestige lecture and award dinner. “Enjoy, learn, unlearn and reframe and, as always, if you need even more details, reach out and enquire.” Listen to their discussion here ! Read more here.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It is a catalyst toward long-term evaluation, planning and implementation. Crystallize the core business in terms of viabilities to move successfully forward to some discernible point. I ask clients to do so without using the words: ‘technology,’ ‘sales,’ and ‘solutions.’ How will we evolve?

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Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 93

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. Forget all the buzzwords and acronyms, social media is about meeting your constituencies where they are – in a setting of their choosing, and communicating with them on their terms.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Business leaders have significant concerns about energy. Yet most companies reported that they still manage energy on a short-term, reactive basis. Only a third of the executives surveyed said their organization have an energy management strategy or have the ability to generate power onsite. Tackling the Challenge.

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Management Craft

JUNE 7, 2012

They may seem like a short-term priority but in reality, they’re not aligned with long-term success. This can be a life-long lesson, especially in our multi-cultural, multi-technology and multi-generational settings. A motorcycle relies on its operator for instruction and direction. Communication. Decision Making.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2015

In the short run, with oil at $50 per barrel, Keystone will connect refineries to oil that may be unprofitable to extract. First, the short-run economics. But “unconventional” also means expensive — squeezing oil out of uncooperative mud or tight rock formations is an energy, water and capital-intensive process.

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Energy Short-term Price Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

Most offices have adequate but aging lighting systems that often operate inefficiently, can waste vast amounts of energy, and annoy employees. Tenants don’t feel empowered to invest in capital projects, especially when their leases are short term. Hence the opportunity for third-party service providers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. We also found that a focus on innovation tends to go hand in hand with longer-term time horizons.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

They all take advantage of four technologies that once were scarce and expensive but are now plentiful and cheap. These technologies can be combined in numerous ways, and we are just starting to see companies really taking advantage of the possibilities. This cuts down electricity by avoiding vampire energy. Microprocessors.

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Rajesh Setty

JUNE 13, 2013

The journey in simple terms is akin to a “wild” roller coaster ride in the dark. To keep this short, here are a few quick tips: 2.1 Do you leave other people energized or do you suck the energy out of them. Free eBook: Personal branding for technology professionals. That would drive the reader insane for sure.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The scientists put out a helpful document with FAQs , but in short, the primary takeaways are these: While the world has already warmed 1.0°C 70-90% of coral dying), but is far better for us than 2 degrees (both in terms of overall well-being and economic impacts). Embrace renewable energy. °C (1.8°F)

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. Technology has tremendous potential to be the engine of increasing human, organizational, and economic prosperity.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

In its simplest terms, it means outsourcing your company's information technology (IT) needs, from data and storage to software. The study showed that, compared to running their own applications, by outsourcing companies can reduce the energy use and carbon footprint of computing by up to 90 percent! This is very good news.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. In terms of connection, the basis is empathy. If you’re operating as a know-it-all, you have an underlying belief that that any new stuff really isn’t of much value. Leaders need to harness the power of these connections. Oprah Winfrey.

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Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 110

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

These new trucks will create significant additional value for the business in ongoing operational savings, improved routing efficiency, and brand building. In short, the electric vehicles (EVs) are much better than just a break-even proposition. The EVs will use much less energy. What happened to change the situation?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

An executive in a power company who was presenting to an important sales prospect opened his talk with a story about a company employee who cut short his vacation and drove 300 miles to help restore power after a hurricane. You can help the audience remember your main points with short catchy phrases. Spell it out, step-by-step.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

The term “digital firms” refers to those companies that from their inception have focused on digital services enabled by the internet and related technologies, including mobile. imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S. failure to fully embed operations in China. market on China.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

He argues more broadly that all the “low-hanging fruit” produced by some non-repeatable breakthroughs (including fundamental technological triumphs) has been plucked. An impassioned counterargument comes from Erik Brynolfsson and Andy McAfee of MIT, who reject the premise that technology’s big leaps are all behind us.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies that are able to easily access and manage these workers will be able to unleash fresh energy and thinking inside their organizations, and quickly meet staffing needs when new opportunities arise. Adaptable Processes Identify and modify key business processes, policies, and procedures to align with the new ways of operating.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one. In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

For everyone concerned about Japan's future, some of the big questions are: What is the extent of the power supply crisis, how long might it last, and what will its impact be on Japan's long-term energy picture? In the long term, Japan's energy policy will be one key component in determining its economic recovery and competitiveness.

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Crisis Power Management Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. This is not guesswork. Tom Watson, Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2012

To enhance financial flexibility, companies have been retaining unprecedented amounts of cash on their balance sheets, calling it "strategic" cash to distinguish it from the "operating" cash that is needed to run the business. energy or telecom) or research-intensive industries (e.g., Facilitate Investments.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Hathaway and Litan stay close to the data in this work and stop short of speculating about causes of this trend. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. So allow me. In the guitar business , too. How does this consolidation impact entrepreneurs?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. It might have actually generated increased revenue as well, if it meant operating while competitors couldn’t.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Most organizations will shrink or disappear in the long term: only a third of excellent companies remain excellent for decades, and when organizations try to transform themselves, even fewer succeed. At the same time, he created a "not-to-do" list including projects that were driven by technology rather than customer needs.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Other top executives at the American Energy Innovation Council are pushing for more funding for alternative energy research. Not only has business investment in R&D been outpacing economic growth in recent years (2012 is the most recent year available), but it’s also outpacing longer term trends. The list goes on.

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Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Growing food requires water, seeds, labor, machinery, energy, and fertilizer. Upgrade inventory systems with the latest technology. Investing in new technology can reduce excess inventory and handling, and cut down on the amount of perishables that ultimately go to waste. billion to 9.8 Partner with farmers in the supply chain.

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Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

In a bit of understatement, Simon Dietz of the London School of Economics, the lead author of the report, told The Guardian , “long-term investors…would be better off in a low-carbon world.” Last year, Citi produced a powerful study of the costs and benefits of shifting the energy system toward low-carbon technologies.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

If you know that the person you’re presenting to has a short attention span, you want to get to your point as soon as possible. the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law.

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