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Why Infrastructure Projects Require High-Quality Management

Business and Tech

Rutledge, CAE, president and CEO of the Construction Management Association of America, about the value trained and educated program and construction managers bring to projects, and how hiring the right pros can help improve U.S. For those investing in infrastructure (government bodies, private companies, etc.), infrastructure.

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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. The General Services Administration, or GSA, has the job of ensuring government employees have what they need to do their jobs.

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Saving Money While Saving the Planet

Business and Tech

Obviously, the more you can make energy efficiency and green energy cheaper with government subsidies, then project adoption should go up. We’ve never gotten that level of government support in our history. Increasing awareness and education is the biggest thing. For us, it is transformational.

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How to keep the history of learner-centered education from repeating itself

Christensen Institute

Key point: This week, the Christensen Institute and Education Reimagined released a new paper on how value networks either help or hinder learner-centered models. In the 1920s, an educator named Helen Parkhurst set out to create a new instructional model to correct shortcomings in the relatively new system of age-graded public schools.

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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

This realization and reality demand that all global governments quickly increase and reprioritise their spending on research and development and demonstrate and deploy clean energy technologies – putting them at the core of energy and climate policy. Most of these projects are concerned with the electrification of end?uses,

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Why you need a faster, more nimble culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Not to mention that the new metrics most companies are governed by are now quarterly (at best) or monthly (at worst) EBITDA and other financial metrics. It governs the way people think, the ideas they generate, the risks they take. They are the people that leaders turn to when they need an important project done.

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Innovative Leadership in Circular Economy Initiatives: Paving the Way for Sustainability

Tullio Siragusa

Educate and Engage Employees: Foster an understanding of the circular economy’s benefits and engage employees in ideation and implementation. Engaging with Stakeholders and the Community Build Partnerships: Collaborate with governments, NGOs, and other organizations to support circular initiatives.