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The Sensible, Sexy and Strange World of Carbon tech
Imagine walking into a supermarket, where you’re offered a free sample of a new protein shake with a secret ingredient. After a few sips (the shake’s delicious, by the way), you learn the secret isn’t some new super-kale or the latest magical supplement — what you’re...
Real Listening is Not Hierarchical. You Never Know Who Has the Best Idea.
The one thing that stands out for me, because it worked for me my entire leadership career, is being willing to listen to others and having an open mind for learning new ways of doing things. Also, recognizing that real listening is not hierarchical. Sometimes the...
Leadership and the Pursuit of Speed for Strategy Execution
A rapid cadence around strategy execution is vital in markets where aggressive competitors have their eyes on the prize at the expense of your firm’s survival or success. And, you don’t manufacture speed through logic, slide-decks, and town-hall meetings filled with...
7 Ways You’re Leading Like a Caricature
I can remember high school committees. Never on the prom committee, I stuck to Amnesty International, World Affairs, and other clubs that would make my college application rise to the top. Now, as an adult, I can laugh when I see the way student leaders are mirrored...
“One Quarter of All Steel Bridges in the US May Fail by 2040”
The report, by Hussam Mahmoud and Susan Palu of Colorado’s Department of Environmental Engineering, modelled the effect of rising temperatures on 90,000 steel bridges across America. The engineers looked at the effect of inadequate maintenance and increased...
Construction Urged to Do More for Butterflies and Bees
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has published new guidance on how best to fit pollinators into urban design and construction with a series of easy steps to suit all project budgets and sizes. Pollinators including bees, wasps, moths, butterflies and flies are vital...
Stand Up for Women — the Most Undervalued and Overlooked Leaders
If you’ve been reading about corporate performance indexes and the factors that have true impact on an organization’s bottom line, you’re no doubt aware of the studies that definitively make the case for including women at the decision-making levels in any...
Get Out of your Swivel Chair and Lead
The biggest challenges local government professionals will face are those they didn’t anticipate. These trying times arise from the chaos that ensues when something goes precipitously wrong. “Each one of your communities is a police shooting away from a riot. Each of...
How You Can Add Value to Your Meetings
If you think you spend way too much time in meetings, you’re not alone. Most of us know the feeling of looking at the calendar, seeing one meeting after another, and realizing that you have virtually no time in the day to actually accomplish the things you need to do,...