Power
Monthly Issue | March 1, 2012
It has been a year since the devastating earthquake and tsunami of last March struck Japan, disrupting businesses and lives in that country and financial and material supply chains worldwide.…
In the 1970s, a severe drought hit the Soviet Union and significantly reduced its grain harvest. As the USSR began quietly purchasing large amounts of world grain inventories, global food…
The energy trading business has seen its fair share of participant realignment over the years, as various financial institutions, utilities, and other companies have come in and out of the…
The term “server hugger” first surfaced late last year in a Computerworld article by Patrick Thibodeau. It refers to information technology managers who resist moving into the cloud, clinging instead…
Negativity hampers productivity in the workplace and significantly decreases job satisfaction. Signs of negativity include backstabbing, gossiping, power struggles, and lack of teamwork. The end result is absenteeism, low morale,…
With the EPA juggernaut chugging full speed ahead towards expansive new federal oil and gas regulation, its air rules are going to come first and may prove to be the…
In January, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a press release breathlessly announcing that they (through some creative effort) were able to cobble together two additional ‘billion dollar disasters’…
Leaders play a critical role in setting the conditions for a team to successfully manage a project. If you focus on the following four key roles you can play on…
When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986, the response of the Western nuclear industry was, “It can’t happen here.” That response was correct: the Soviet design—using a graphite…
Advocates of greater use of renewable generating technologies in the U.S. have long pointed at Europe as the proper model for the modern major economy. Europe was years ahead of…
