All articles tagged: utilities

Regardless of their job title, leaders need to be able to connect new technologies to strategy.

Utilities seeking to expand must be able to negotiate regulatory complexity while planning and executing deals effectively.

The electric vehicle and green energy industries show how rolling out innovations can be delayed in the face of time-consuming obstacles.

There’s a reason there are so few examples of large companies fundamentally altering their strategies on the fly — it’s extremely hard.

The Canadian telecom giant transformed its business by adopting a clear, stable approach to strategy and culture.

The way we create, use, and manage electricity is finally changing, and the implications go far beyond the utility sector.

Business leaders in at least 16 sectors are still not fully prepared for the digital transformation of their industries.

Medicare’s big announcement on payment models is an inflection point in the transition from volume to value.

Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, describes how to build the capacity to survive disastrous events.

Companies that winningly reposition their brands tend to do so by anticipating market trends and overcoming or minimizing common challenges.

The digital interconnection of billions of devices is today’s most dynamic business opportunity.

Many adjacency moves fail because they’re driven by the wrong motives. But a lot can be learned from those that succeed.

Why a popular approach to growth may put your company’s health at risk.

As consumers increasingly expect to be able to customize the products they buy, giving them creative control over the assembly process makes them value a product more.

Only in finance is money an end in itself—resulting in behavior that’s less than virtuous.

How G Adventures’s founder Bruce Poon Tip built a successful business by following his bliss.

The world would be a better place without these terms and phrases.

The modernized grid should revolutionize the way electricity is distributed and used, but its potential hasn’t yet been realized.

Gil Friend, author of The Truth about Green Business, introduces a passage that debunks sustainability ratings from Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability, by John R. Ehrenfeld and Andrew J. Hoffman.

According to a new study, the solar industry is slowly stabilizing.

The key to clean, reliable, and affordable energy, says Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning, is a bold and balanced approach to R&D.

Understanding the real value of corporate strategy and the head office.

Gernot Wagner, an economist with the Environmental Defense Fund, believes business will push for policy change.

Patterns appear in higher stock volatility, increased capital costs, and a drop in return on assets.

A leading solar energy policy advocate explains how this dynamic, rapidly maturing industry can reach its true potential.