Year: 2023

The Race of our Lives

How the private sector can help us win The following is a speech I delivered this week to all employees at an innovative company called GridPoint. The company provides businesses the knowledge and tools to optimize their energy usage through a subscription service, with the goal of lowering both their emissions and costs.  (Disclosure: I’m …

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The Art of Forecasting

Read this book and wake up to the future. How does an analyst forecast an organization’s success? Typically, they begin with a “SWOT” (Strength-Weakness-Opportunity-Threat) analysis, with a lot of focus on what the organization is doing to address the T.   But if you don’t see a threat, or see it fully, you can’t address it …

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Now What?

A Post-Davos To Do List Dear Weary Travelers CEOs,  Welcome back. I know that the Davos experience — mostly fun, very engaging, always interesting, sometimes even glamorous — can be exhausting.  Racing across town for around-the-clock meetings with world leaders and other important people at the World Economic Forum is a cool but daunting exercise.  Some of …

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Confidential Memo Leaked

Re: why we all need to eat less meat To kick off the new year, we bring you this special issue of The Instigator that follows extensive investigative reporting. Below is a confidential memo written by the Chief of Staff at one of the biggest environmental NGOs to his CEO. Names have been deleted to protect our sources.   Okay, just …

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