Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member). Find more information about the event and survey results here. He holds a number of other voluntary positions.

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Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. 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).

Energy 11

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 11

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 30, 2020

Casting one’s mind back to the days when companies used to follow the mantra laid down by economist Milton Friedman and focused their energies solely on maximising the returns for shareholders, and it seems an altogether different era.

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Kaplan Report Metrics Loyalty 76

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Nothing is more important for a leader than keeping promises and commitments. It’s just not that hard to deliver on your promises, and if you have no intention of doing so, don’t make the commitment to begin with. A leader who fails to understand this will never create the trust bond necessary to lead effectively.

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Blog Leadership Loyalty Self-aware 412

Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The opportunity to contribute your time and energy to a cause that you are passionate about. Look at the opportunity strategically and focus not only what you can contribute, but what this commitment can do for you. The opportunity to build relationships that will bring you business. Who are the other board members?

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 214

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

energy industries, from oil and gas to ethanol, wind, and solar, have long enjoyed lavish government subsidies and other support. One reason that clean energy tends to be more expensive than fossil fuel is that it can be. But those days are coming to an end. As long as it's subsidized, there is little pressure to compete on price.

Energy 10

Energy Price Long-term Banking 10

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and follow-through on your commitments. Thank you for sharing Mike!

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

To prove her commitment to what she calls the ‘lifestyle component’ of her business, her employees participate in a weekly yoga class at the office. The Vosges-Haut Chocolat headquarters runs on 100% renewable energies. Today, Vosges-Haut Chocolat employs 50 people. She believes there is more to her company than money.

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Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

In the United States, buildings consume 41 percent of the nation’s total energy use, through lighting, heating, air conditioning, elevators, and the thousands of items plugged into their sockets. However, we cannot take the resource-intensive path of simply building our way to a more energy-efficient future.

NPV 8

NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

But the Rockefellers’ move may have more impact, for a key reason: their stated commitment to transition the divested funds to clean energy investments. If the divestment movement can reallocate capital toward clean technology companies, that could have a far greater impact on mitigating climate change than divestment alone.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist How To Energy Finance 9

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. But commitment guides bravery more than an inherent belief in self-ability! Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! Don’t be timid.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

At its core, the role of culture is to reinforce a sense of belonging, a shared commitment among colleagues about how they solve problems, share information, serve customers, and deliver experiences. High-output cultures are all about fierce competition, crisp execution, and a relentless commitment to service.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Mission Statement Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

So TNT brought its logistics skills and committed its people's time to help the WFP reach the victims of droughts, famine, and natural disaster. Similarly, you don't have to be an energy company or pulp and paper producer to focus on those resources; all companies use water, energy, and paper. But few are held accountable.

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Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

They were about signaling a credible commitment to Tesla’s purpose: to become a clean energy giant that helps address climate change by transforming mobility. Unsurprisingly, autonomous driving technology and where Tesla stands relative to competitors are frequently discussed.

Planning 8

Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Other top executives at the American Energy Innovation Council are pushing for more funding for alternative energy research. Some, like the development of specific technology for a new product, largely benefit one firm. Others, such as the discovery of DNA, the human genome project and clean energy, benefit society more broadly.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

For example, the two parties identified the challenge of national electrification and committed to work together to bring $10 billion of investment and 10,000 megawatts of new power online, along with local manufacturing and training. Last month, IBM launched a dialogue with the government of Nigeria. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. Before explaining how these collaborations can help, it’s important to note that we observe them already in several industries, spanning mining to technology.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation. Commitment to efficient value creation invariably inspires more thoughtful investment in the quality — not quantity — of staff.

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Levitt Disaggregation Kaizen Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Technology may be heading toward self-driving cars and genomics-inspired medicine, but most people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. In times like these, even for leaders committed to building a more prosperous future for their organizations, it’s easy to surrender to pessimism.

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Collins Motivation Open-book Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

telecommunications or food safety or healthcare or aerospace or energy/environment). Even with strong CEO direction, subordinate business leaders who are crucial to its success may not share the commitment or invest in the expertise or understand the time required. health or energy) or in general cross-cutting subjects (e.g.,

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Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

GE is another firm that has committed its size and deep pockets to innovation. The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps. Corporations like these have the assets, resources, and capabilities necessary to fuel innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Creating effective pay structures is a serious responsibility however many businesses still hold back from fully committing to the endeavor. Equitable workplace strategies for fair compensation not only reflect a healthy work culture , they also allow employees to commit better to their roles.

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System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

At Esquel Group, we have been committed to this philosophy over the last three decades and are trying to promote it beyond our corporate boundary. We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging. More power!

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Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

Competitors whispered that Gupta was committing the most un-McKinsey-like of sins: cutting price to get into new markets. As technology makes networks tighter and easier to put together, does the risk of contagion increase proportionally? Others decried what they saw as a lowering of hiring standards. "I

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McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Planning for financial security can free you to focus your energy on other tasks without distraction. Financial Security The most obvious goal of employment is financial security. It can also put you in a better position to take risks and make more confident business decisions that might be the next step for your career or company.

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Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It is simply wrong to value your workplace commitments over your family commitments – moreover it’s not necessary. A related challenge your article brings to mind: the notion of a "balanced" life may not mean that at any given time one's time and other resources are committed in a balanced way. You are the best!

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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Manipulation of energy markets. These business leaders must, however, be aided by highly competent legal, financial, risk, compliance, audit and technology staff. Poor controls over risk and valuations. Deceptive communication within the company and to the board. LIBOR rate rigging.

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. Respect and trust are earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment or influence.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

This is apparent in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is using a collaborative approach to build a national digital highway , partnering with the country’s world-class technology companies in the process. Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

To help bring cool new technology to the world? Observation will “give you a better data set,” but if possible, you might also “do a project with the startup on the side” before you formally commit. “Startups are cauldrons of energy, stress, and joy. To broaden your managerial repertoire?

Due Diligence 10

Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Michael Shrock, the team’s finance expert, shook his head. “It Carly Gardos, MedPath’s technology chief, asked. I haven’t thought everything through yet, but yes, I’m committed to you guys, and Sloan-Kettering has some of the best oncology docs in the world. It just doesn’t make sense. You’re not a smoker. You’re barely 30.”.

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Planning Learning-by-Doing 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Greg Linnemanstons Commit to knowing your target personas. First, great content marketing represents a commitment to aggressively offer valuable help and advice with no strings attached. You must commit to the long-run and be willing to experiment, measure, and adjust as needed. No answer) 10. But yes, they do!

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

Ten years after Kleiner star John Doerr was moved to tears during his TED talk about climate change , there’s no longer any question that VCs’ interest in clean energy is waning. as the most attractive market worldwide for renewable energy investment, this year downgraded it to third , behind China and India.

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Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

A key point: in a world that will spend $90 trillion on infrastructure over the next 15 years anyway, the additional costs to shift that build-out to a low-carbon path, with technologies we already have, will be minimal. The utility and energy businesses are changing fundamentally (well, some of them are). Financing the clean economy.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

The recent boom in auto-analytics, or "self-tracking," or "self quantification" has been playing out mostly as a consumer trend — as something we do during our leisure time to become more deliberate about personal fitness, finances, or diet. So why not extend analytical techniques and technologies to your own job performance? (On

Organization 12

Organization Self-aware Taylorism Taylor 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

They include years of 15% to 20% annual increases in labor costs without compensating productivity growth in manufacturing titans such as China, cheap energy in North America unlocked by hydraulic fracturing, and the increasing complexity and cost of managing global supply chains. Advances in manufacturing technology.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10