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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

” A groundbreaking report, “ Net-Zero by 2050: a roadmap for the global energy system “(referred to as NZE here) by the Internation Energy Agency (IEA), has been emphasising that this decade is pivotal to reaching net-zero by mid-century. What does this all mean for innovation? ion) batteries.

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Thriving in the Face of Toxicity: Transforming Work Environments for Success

Leapfrogging

Consequence Impact on Individual Impact on Organization Stress Increased health issues Higher healthcare costs Burnout Reduced productivity Loss of talent Dissatisfaction Lower job satisfaction Negative employer brand Employee engagement plummets, and with it, innovation and creativity. Offer flexible working arrangements.

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Unlocking Organizational Potential: Developing Executive Leadership for Culture Change

Leapfrogging

Culture is shaped by a variety of factors, including the company’s mission, leadership styles, policies, work environment, and the behavior modeled by those at the top. Employees are more engaged, motivated, and committed to the organization’s success when they feel aligned with its cultural values.

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The art of “Back Casting” needs care

Paul Hobcraft

Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect that specified future to the present. The fundamentals of the method were outlined by John B. Robinson from the University of Waterloo in 1990.

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Accelerating Sustainable Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

As the energy transition requires real step-changes, the collaborative effort, the need for an Energy Ecosystem approach to allow multiple stakeholders to become engaged, and the suggested adoption of these approaches make so much sense. The whitepaper outlines the context.

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Increasing innovation focus on the end-user segments within the energy transition story

Paul Hobcraft

Governments will need to introduce more substantive policies to meet the emission targets they signed up too and society, industry and us, as individuals will have to undergo adjustments to accommodate this in our habits, consumption, and usage. The level of investments in the existing energy system needs staging for significant change.

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Solutions for Energy do need to be end-to-end and highly innovative

Paul Hobcraft

The nature of the energy landscape will require the transformation of businesses, the push to find and develop new market dynamics and embrace government policy and regulations in an orderly and planned way. Still, above all, it needs to offer value, appeals, and that “compelling” reason to make a change.

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