Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 14, 2015
Most people would agree that people don’t like change. I would disagree, let’s face it, babies cry until you change them. We take vacations because we want and need a change. However, we all know there is a dark side to change, the type we don’t like. In order to turn change into an advantage, it’s important to understand how to turn the negative side of change to a positive.
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 20, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY What the Sustainable Development Goals Mean for G20 Countries A high-level workshop ahead of G20 – Turkey 2015 November 11 and 12, 2015 Bogaziçi University – Istanbul, Turkey On September 25, 2015, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to adopt the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a 15 year agenda calling upon countries at all development states to join efforts in realizing economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection.
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Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 21, 2015
Data analytics is the science of extracting patterns, trends, and actionable information from large sets of data. While often used interchangeably with the term “business intelligence,” it’s useful to distinguish the terms. Think of business intelligence as the ways in which companies use data to improve their management and operations. Data analytics involves improving your ways of making sense of that data before acting on it; further still, you can slice and dice the data to extract insights
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 21, 2015
The Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems had a busy October! On October 8th and 9th, 2015, the country teams for the solutions initiative National Transformation Pathways for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems met in New York City, USA, to share their past work and chart next steps. Participants discussed the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September, how to bring additional stakeholders (including youth) into the process, and methodology.
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.
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 7, 2015
By sheer definition, the word “impossible” connotes something that simply cannot be done. But we all know the impossible isn’t completely out of our reach; for centuries, humans have been achieving the so-called “impossible” by developing conceptual understanding and making visible that which we’ve been previously unable to see and conceive of. When we develop this sort of understanding, previously unknown opportunities and solutions become clear — and then, doing the impossible becomes just a m
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Too often, the younger generation and older generation see each other as rivals. We can imagine that stereotypical notion they each tend to hurl at the other: “They just don’t get it!” But this isn’t necessarily the case. In fact, it seemingly represents a willful sort of dissociation, a deliberate self-isolation, on the part of both old and young. When faced with what seems to the respective sides like a fundamental divide in understanding — whether it’s a grasp of social customs, language, cre
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