Three Takes on the Balanced Energy Future
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- Created on 23 July 2015
- Written by Don McDonnell
We all face dilemmas in life. Last month, I spent two full days in Washington, D.C. addressing a trilemma: how does our electric power industry balance the sometimes conflicting, yet equally vital, goals of ensuring that our electricity becomes more affordable, reliable, and clean? This "energy trilemma" framed two days of engaging and spirited discussions among industry and policy leaders at the 8th Utility of the Future Leadership Forum (UofF) hosted by DNV GL.
If You Build It
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- Created on 19 May 2015
- Written by Paige Besson
Last week, we looked at data from the latest MG B2B Marketing Benchmark Report showing the undeniable relationship of a documented marketing strategy and plan and overall marketing success. So knowing that you need to have one is great, but where do you get started?
Any Road Will Just Not Do
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- Created on 12 May 2015
- Written by Paige Besson
The actual exchange between Alice and Cheshire Cat goes like this:
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where—" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
Barriers to Marketing Success
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- Created on 21 April 2015
- Written by Paige Besson
I have a stack of pristine, unopened Wall Street Journals sitting on the table in my office. Just yesterday someone asked why. It's simple really. I have no time to read in the morning as I'm waking up the house, getting breakfast and lunches ready, dogs fed, and kids out the door to school. So, as I roll out of the driveway at 6:45 am, I pick the paper up and bring it here to the office on the off chance that I get even five minutes during my day to scan the "What's News" column on the front page. It rarely happens, hence my beautiful pile.
Where Are Our Visionaries? Can You Become One?
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- Created on 02 April 2015
- Written by Peter Manos
This is the last of our five blog posts in a series discussing the implications of the Annual Global Utility Evolution Benchmarking Study.
What does it take to be a visionary? As we think about the lessons we have learned from our Global Utility Evolution research for Autodesk, some of the participants' comments regarding the transition from the old electric utility industry model to the new one were visionary in their character. What is the "net net" you may ask? Their comments had some stark contrasts and replies from all participants thematically showed the following key observation and the following stark, related fact:
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