How Utilities Can Build Effective Digital Strategies
Following these five steps can help established companies update their business models for a new era.
Energy
Progress Doesn’t Always Follow a Straight Line
Contentious pipeline projects all over the world offer examples of how complex problems require complicated solutions.
A Counterintuitive Way to Shape Demand
Investing in more efficient ways for consumers to use your core commodity as it faces disruptive competition can be a smart move.
Interactive, GMOHow to Balance Digital Expertise and Sustainability
Bringing digital prowess and sustainable practices together should be at the forefront of strategic thinking for any business. For further insights, read “Digital Technology and Sustainability: Positive Mutual Reinforcement.”
GMODigital Technology and Sustainability: Positive Mutual Reinforcement
Get the balance right between these two concepts, and your business can thrive. For more insight, see “How to Balance Digital Expertise and Sustainability.”
Video, GMOHow Innovation Is Revolutionizing the Energy Industry
The power landscape is changing quickly, providing new opportunities for both upstarts and traditional utilities.
s+b BlogsWhy You Should Hope Your Next Tomato’s Grown Indoors by Robots
The future of agriculture could be small farms, closer to consumers, that use technology to grow food more efficiently.
GMOBusiness Leaders as Catalysts for Change
Today’s CEO creates opportunity through innovation and customer awareness. Strong cultural values come from the top.
GMOWhy Latin American Business May (Finally) Be Ready for Growth
Bernardo Vargas Gibsone, CEO of the Colombian utility and construction company ISA, sees opportunity emerging from turmoil.
Myanmar’s Challenging Pathway to Growth – in Pictures
Myanmar’s emergence on the global stage will not follow the same trajectory as other frontier nations. For further insights, read “Myanmar’s Halting Economic Steps onto the Global Stage.”
Myanmar’s Halting Economic Steps onto the Global Stage
Thanks to automation and reshoring, being a frontier nation is even harder than it used to be. See also “Myanmar’s Challenging Pathway to Growth – in Pictures.”
s+b BlogsDo Utilities Need a Chief Digital Officer?
Regardless of their job title, leaders need to be able to connect new technologies to strategy.
s+b BlogsWhy the Experts Get It Wrong
The closing of an energy hedge fund shows unique difficulties market veterans face when forecasting.
A New M&A Strategy for Utilities
Utilities seeking to expand must be able to negotiate regulatory complexity while planning and executing deals effectively.
s+b BlogsA Jobless Recovery in Coal
Hiring people is often a last resort, even when an industry is growing.
s+b BlogsWhy Don’t We Anticipate Hockey Sticks?
Experts often fail to recognize when the growth rates of products or industries are about to kick into a much higher gear.
InfographicA Guide to Strategy through Execution
How to get the strategists and implementers in your company to work together effectively. For more insight, read “10 Principles of Strategy through Execution.”
Four Tracks to Market Leadership
Trends spotted by Strategy& suggest that companies in any industry can gain prominence by choosing the right approach.
A Strategist’s Guide to Industry 4.0
Global businesses are about to integrate their operations into a seamless digital whole, and thereby change the world.
s+b BlogsWhen It Rains, It Pours
Companies and governments grappling with falling oil and gas prices are learning a difficult lesson about procyclicality.
