At Adamantine, we’re advising game-changing leaders to adopt cautious optimism, avoid the moody pendulum of political commentary, and stay the leadership course.
The recent price volatility around oil and gas has spurred myriad interpretations — most of which are interesting for how they demonstrate our selective reasoning, usually defined by our politics. Further, the line of reasoning most industry executives are likely to pursue is in fact the one most likely to undermine their leadership position. Instead, the opportunities created by price volatility are more compelling — and it’s these opportunities that game-changing leaders are scouting closely.
The #1 pushback I get from oil and gas leaders to Adamantine’s prescriptions goes something like: “But they don’t understand where their energy comes from! We have to explain the reality of the energy system.” This is true. But it doesn’t work. As a game-changing leader, you need to understand why.
We don’t want to see our industry decarbonization strategies become obsolete before we even imagine their full fruition. In this Both True, I look at blue hydrogen as the sign you need to fast-forward promoting your decarbonization efforts.
Promoting “diversity of thought” is a common and seemingly innocuous approach to kicking off diversity and inclusion efforts within many companies. In practice, it can accidentally set off a culture war that you’ll struggle to contain. Here’s what you need to know to avoid this very common mistake.
I repeatedly find myself in conversations where I start somewhere “in the middle” on what oil and gas companies need to do to thrive in a time of continuous disruption: engage millennials, share aspirations, take the leadership mantle. And company leaders want to do with me what they are doing with the skeptical public: explain the need for energy and why the world needs them.
Blackrock’s new Expectations lays out the five key expectations that translate to five changes you need to incorporate into your 2021 ESG strategy. The good news: We have been talking about all this for some time.
