The Barriers to Clean Energy Adoption (And How to Overcome Them)

The future sustainability and resilience of our energy supply is dependent on the transition to clean energy. Yet despite its numerous benefits, the adoption of clean energy remains slow.  This slow adoption has serious implications not only for our transition to a sustainable future for our planet, but also for the future economic resilience of … Read more

Data and Operations

In today’s operations environments, there is an obsession with data and the availability of operational metrics. “Management Operating Systems” in their various forms seek to impose disciplines around the availability and actionability of key metrics to drive business decisions. Through my career, I have had the privilege of working with a variety of organizations and … Read more

2022 ILWU & PMA Contract Negotiations

Anyone who lived through the prior ILWU contract negotiations understands the major impact this event can have on business, especially small business. A more limited supplier base and less frequent shipments put smaller businesses as risk when their entire inventory to operate for the next few months is stranded on a ship waiting to get … Read more