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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

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. Harvard professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter wrote: “Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.” Butch responded. We can do the paperwork later.” .

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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. What would your family think of your decision?

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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. and saved $200-$300 million in ongoing operation and maintenance costs). Is it cost competitive? Using standard cost-benefit analysis, the study compared some natural solutions to more traditional infrastructure investments.

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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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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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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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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Alignment : Any new idea should preferably add value to existing initiatives, and if not, it should show a significant enough return on investment to justify the dilutive effect of not keeping the main thing the main thing. Best wishes Tom.

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