President Obama Sends Pro-GET Signal
The recent appointment of the GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt has been interpreted as a general pro-business signal. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/business/economy/22obama.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Jeff%20Immelt&st=cse The appointment can also be interpreted as a preparation for large scale energy systems transformation. Mr. Immelt has been one of the key individuals behind the organization American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org) that in mid-2010 published a [...]
The Unturned Stone
The issues related to comprehending the scope of large scale-energy systems transformation (as in, global), and the often intimidating web of management issues that arise, represent “The Unturned Stone” of the energy debate. The fear of what is under it, inherited from thousands of years of genetic human nature, keep many walking around, over, away [...]
Uncanny Thought
I often, while trying to communicate the perils of Peak Oil and the need for large scale planned and managed energy transformation programs, get the impression that the most important thing for people is to not think or take notice of any ideas that are new to them. Even people I have been talking to [...]
Governments, the EU, and the world are doing a “Facit”
In Sweden misinterpreting the signs of a future change and failing to plan for the consequences has a name – Facit. Facit used to be a company that was very advanced in the area of analog office machines, such as calculators, and type-writers. When the first digital calculators were launched Facit launched its new line [...]
Past the Global Peak in Oil Production
According to the International Energy Agency we are now past the global peak in oil production: http://www.iea.org/speech/2010/tanaka/AustraliaTanakaWEO2010.pdf This will change everything. And we are not prepared. Bookmark It
Ingrained Perception of Energy
Unfortunately, in the minds of most people, energy has become closely related to environmental issues. Reducing the use of energy has become something that environmentalists see as something that is favorable, and that we should work towards. In the future that is emerging this is only partly true. We need to make people aware of [...]
A Change Management Deja Vu
The development of energy technology, its increasing adoption, and the sudden realization that it is a very complex task to realize the value potential reminds me of a similar situation in the IT industry some ten years ago. Around the year 2000 many companies had invested in new integrated business systems, but after the implementation [...]
Congratulations GE Ecomagination Challenge Winners.
As most of you know, General Electric has been running a contest called the “GE ecomagination Challenge,” “…a $200 million innovation experiment where businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students share their best ideas on how to build the next-generation power grid – and just might get funded.” The process has be very interesting. What an effort [...]
What Happens as Cotton Prices Surge?
In the energy debate many people seem to assume that when oil prices increase oil will immediately be substituted by renewable energy sources. Now cotton prices increase dramatically, and there seems to be little evidence from the clothing industry that customers switch their preferences to wool, linen, nylon, perlon, or other alternatives to cotton in [...]
The Dynamic of Change
We tend to find it difficult to understand the dynamic of change. Maybe we think that it is easy for an individual to change behavior, beliefs, or life style once he or she gets a new insight. Like if someone receives information about the need to run large scale transformation programs in order to change [...]
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