When energy leaders get together, I’m struck by their relentless, courageous problem-solving.
Climate hawks argue that nothing must stop the significant expansion of utility-scale renewables, particularly wind and solar generation.
When my oldest son was in high school, he had a handwritten sign over his desk that said “Responsibility = Freedom,” a maxim a mentor had given him.
There’s nothing more humiliating at a business networking event than seeing your conversational partner look past you for someone more important they could be talking with. Each of us expects to be valued and respected for who we are—and we all get super upset when we aren’t. You must recognize this basic human need for …
Nuts and Bolts This year, I’m devoting Both True to exploring the two essential ingredients for energy leadership today: 1. a vision for the energy future that engages and compels your (often skeptical) stakeholders, and 2. executing the nuts and bolts of that vision—the ways your company will execute the difficult details of running a …
But do you know what they want for their energy futures? Because your vision needs to be founded on their aspirations (not just yours) for them to see it as credible and compelling. This is the hidden law of energy leadership today: To effectively communicate, speak with your stakeholders, not at or past them.
As oil and gas leaders, we can’t build a future that we can’t imagine. And as civic leaders, we can’t build a future we can’t articulate to stakeholders. Civic energy leadership requires two components: (1) painting a compelling and inclusive vision of the energy future and (2) filling in that vision with the essential details of how to get it done. Both articulating a vision and making that vision happen are what we’ll be focusing on in the 2024 Both True editions and in the Energy Thinks podcast, returning with Season 7 this month.
Some executives think that scaring the public is the only way to educate them. It’s somewhat understandable—and totally counterproductive. In this Both True, I offer you an alternative to the “competing apocalypses” school of thought.
Going forward, I’m going to stop talking publicly about energy for development. And I’m recommending that many of my clients and readers do the same.
Here are actionable recommendations to manage your risk and take advantage of the opportunities to build a credible carbon offset strategy.
