In Fannie Flagg's charming and sweet novel Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, there is a description of Elner Shimfissle, an admirer of Thomas Edison who "even had a picture…
Power
Monthly Issue | November 1, 2010
Despite a trendy moniker and lots of hype and interest, the smart grid has been facing some major setbacks of late, as regulators and customers begin challenging some of the…
Will the world face a glut of uranium enrichment capacity for fueling civilian nuclear power reactors in the years ahead? That circumstance appears to be increasingly likely, as firms and…
The United States appears to be on the verge of fully abandoning deep geologic storage of high-level nuclear waste in favor of above-ground facilities. Such a move would represent a…
And you thought the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation was about Wall Street financial reform. Think again. It's about a whole lot more, much of which can touch your organization directly.…
Words matter. Words can come back and bite you. Think before you speak. These are all self-evident truths that no one is likely to dispute. Yet, we continue to see…
Imagine a small car manufacturing plant that employed 100 people to produce 1,000 new cars in a given period. Then management formulates a strategy to expand that plant up to…
Rapid changes under way within today's electric utility industry are testing the skills and expertise of utility executives, energy policy-makers, and, perhaps most importantly, those in charge of managing it…
In our 20-plus years of experience, we've been privileged to work with thousands of leaders at all levels within organizations. These leaders have ranged from truly awesome, to pretty good,…
I would like to share with you a story about my mom, a woman who was very insecure about her background. She grew up in a blue collar family where…