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The Health Benefits Of Cutting Coal

The Horizons Tracker

Research from North Carolina State University highlights that while this is understandably the case, the health benefits are not spread equally across society. They looked at six specific decarbonization strategies, three of which involved using either solar, wind, or natural gas to replace coal-fired power plants.

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The Leader as Witness

Lead Change Blog

asked manager Butch Clarke of a loyal customer one day as the customer was picking up a print job. Steve, take this money to the CVS at the end of the block and buy us a big battery operated wall clock to put on the wall right there. What are ways we act differently than what we say or promise?” Butch responded.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions.

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Business Resilience Comes from Working with Nature

Harvard Business Review

One year later, the most powerful storm ever recorded to hit land devastated the Philippines. But there are more subtle benefits: forests also clean our water and coastal wetlands and reefs provide natural defense from storms and floods. They can help us manage rainwater and wastewater. Is it cost competitive?

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. Trust is a common factor in the cost-benefits analysis, compliance with authority, or loyalty to leaders hypotheses.

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A Better Metric for the Value of a Worker Training Program

Harvard Business Review

Conducting an accurate cost-benefit analysis requires a holistic approach, one that incorporates costs and job placement and also accounts for how participants are doing after they leave the program. We need to adopt something similar to a “total cost of ownership” (TCO) analysis.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Failed initiatives are costly at several levels.

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