-
Archives
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
-
Meta
Tag Archives: climate change
21st century innovation.
When one of the giants of industry, in this case, General Electric, takes a position on a topic, and supports that position not just with money and commitment, but sets out to persuade anyone who will listen to adjust their … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Innovation, Management, Strategy
Tagged change management, climate change, performance assessment, Politics
Leave a comment
Australia Day reconsidered.
Amidst all the public utterances on Australia Day by elected representatives keen to be seen for a moment on the tele, in print, or lauded in the blogosphere, calling for a wiser, more compassionate, considerate, and outward thinking Australia, ….. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal Rant, Strategy
Tagged Change, change management, climate change, Leadership, performance assessment, Personal Rant
Leave a comment
Marketing & Demand Chain Transparency
The retailer Patagonia has as a part of its corporate values a reverence for the environment, it is a core part of their corporate values, and highly relevant to their target market. They wear their hearts on their electronic sleeves … Continue reading
Posted in Customers, Demand chains, Marketing, Social Media
Tagged climate change, collaboration, communication, customer, demand chain, Marketing, retailer, Social Media, Value chain
Leave a comment
Green business initiatives of 2010.
The “green revolution” may be denied by many, failing in the Parliament, and not engaging consumers as their utilities bills increase, but it is happening around us anyway. The world is greening, despite the best efforts of many to avoid … Continue reading
The 2 parts of innovation.
Usually discussion about innovation focuses on the new stuff, the things that have, or need to change to deliver a changed outcome. During a discussion recently about “green electricity” in Australia, specifically solar power, it struck me that the costs … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Operations
Tagged Change, climate change, Innovation, Operations, value, Value chain
1 Comment
Peak oil?
We are pretty familiar with the notion of “Peak Oil” the point at which the consumption of oil is greater than the rate of discovering new sources, giving us a doomsday outcome at a calculatable point in the future, but … Continue reading
Changing the climate game.
The current debate, such as it is in Australia in relation to climate change, is all about the sort of tax regime that is required, and the need to change peoples behavior, and thus their attitudes. What all this misses … Continue reading
Where should responsibility lie??
Increasingly it would appear that Australians are prepared to sit back and leave the social problems we have to government to solve, and in the process are becoming increasingly cynical about the ability of governments to make any positive difference … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Personal Rant
Tagged Change, climate change, Leadership, managing yourself, Personal Rant
Leave a comment
Who holds the oil can?
The disastrous oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico will generate a welter of written material, both legal and managerial as the causes, responsibilities and therefore liabilities get sorted out, and those responsible seek to put in place a set … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Operations
Tagged climate change, Leadership, Operations, performance assessment
Leave a comment
Bill Gates goes nuclear.
Largely we agree that there is a problem with the production of CO2, and that we need to do something, the argument is about what, when, how much, and who is paying. It is a bit like insurance, you pay … Continue reading
Supermarkets greening?
Trader Joes in the US is not a huge chain, but they are one of the ones to watch to see what the others will be doing in the future. Joes has a rich history of being different, and … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Small business, Strategy
Tagged category management, climate change, Sales
Leave a comment
The strategic reality of climate change.
The emerging reality of the emerging “carbon economy” irrespective of the regulatory regime that emerges is not only an operational and regulatory management issue, but a strategic one because of its potential to create and destroy asset value. Over time, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal Rant, Strategy
Tagged change management, climate change, Personal Rant
Leave a comment
Moore’s law finds other uses.
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, used a graph 40 years ago to predict the rate of growth in IT capacity by stating his belief that the number of transistors that could be put onto a chip would double every two years. … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Management, Uncategorized
Tagged Change, climate change, Innovation
Leave a comment
StrategyAudit 