Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Leading student in business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey persuasively argues that the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. Noam Chomsky, World Orders: Old and […].

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

By Sandra Ruckstuhl, PhD It has been only five months since the UN General Assembly convened and ratified the new Sustainable Development Goals – and Baltimore is already pushing forward to localize this global agenda, proving it can be a model for cities around the world who want to build locally-grounded strategies to tackle sustainable development needs.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Just as we have started to get used to the idea of ourselves always being online, it seems that many of our homes and an increasing number of objects inside them will soon be connected and have the ability to talk to each other. Although there is a growing realization of our responsibilities around our lifestyle choices and the environmental carbon footprint we leave behind, we are only just starting to think about the impact of our digital footprint and how it could affect our future selves.

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Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Last month we surveyed 15,036 individuals who have downloaded the GPM P5 standard since it was released in 2014 and received 3,600 responses. It was conducted to find out how sustainability factors are incorporated into projects, by whom, where was the focus the most prominent, and most important, if the standard having a positive impact. […].

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

This post highlights the importance of incorporating value management into sustainable change delivery. This blog post is part of a series that provides a foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter F. Drucker Management of Value (MoV) was the […].

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Green Project Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri, Italian national epic poet (1265 – 1321) A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) post, Why Companies Are Blind to Child Labor, got my blood boiling, and reminded me of this quote warning us that our […]. The post Our Passive Acceptance of Child Labour appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The SDSN Northern Europe was officially launched in Gothenburg February 25-26 with the participation of the Swedish Prime Minister, top academics and the CEOs of several major Swedish companies. Day one – Seminar on Science-based Transformations 2030 The launch of the SDSN NE was a big success! Day one of the event, hosted by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, gathered more than 300 leading international researcher

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Millennials have long been the focus of attention, but as the first wave from Gen Z enters the workplace, there will be another shakeup on the horizon. Business and marketers have been falling over themselves trying to appease ‘Millennials’ who were described as the biggest retail and employment disruptor of our time. However, as they are now thought to be 20 to 35, they are no longer the new kids on the block but are now getting older, and this represents a very different challenge to both busi

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Anyone with years of warm Super Bowl Sunday memories where friends, family and loved ones all gathered around a humble television set to watch enjoy the big game together may have noticed a few subtle changes this year. The TV that has been the focal point of the living room for over 50 years is now struggling to hold our attention in a world full of distraction.

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