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Taking a Look at the Future of Oil and Gas Industry

Strategy Driven

Even offshore drilling hasn’t delivered on its potential yet. The US is poised to chip away at the influence of these old fossil fuel goliaths. What is more, the adoption of new technologies will facilitate oil and gas operations. They will make exploration, drilling, and other processes quicker and way more efficient.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology? The Downside of Best Practices by @mikemyatt [.] I Think Not.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. If I'm candid, I had a difficult time finding female leadership bloggers that had the online influence that male leadership bloggers have. This isn't a gender issue, it's a blogging issue.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Joseph Grenny was up next talking about influence and leadership. Of all the topics on the agenda I was most excited to hear what Joseph had to say about influence. I have found that influence is often misunderstood, frequently abused, and rarely leveraged to its full extent. too much group think is a sign of poor leadership.

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Study: Green Advertising Helped BP Recover from the Deepwater Horizon Spill

Harvard Business Review

In the paper, economists from the University of Maryland, University of Michigan, and Brown set out to measure the influence of BP’s pre-spill green advertising campaign on the company’s performance following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The result was a 4.2% decline in sales, by the researchers’ measure.

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What Africa’s Banking Industry Needs to Do to Survive

Harvard Business Review

Time has come to put digital business under the care of senior executives who have the capacities to influence strategic decisions which will help the bank disrupt and transform internally. In most banks, inexperienced young managers are asked to handle digital products. A director that reports directly to the CEO will be optimal.

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New Math Will Drive a U.S. Manufacturing Comeback

Harvard Business Review

But company decisions on what and where to place production facilities, while influenced by many factors, ultimately depend on the math. More domestic factories would help create more balanced trade flows and a more stable global economy. Thankfully, the math these days is starting to work in America's favor again.