APICS magazine’s excellent “The Business Behind Green” by Tim Becker of Probity Business Group (membership required), warns to watch out for the hype behind green:
“A recent study by TerraChoice….reviewed 1,018 products making environmental claims. Only one product met all six of TerraChoice’s criteria for truthfulness.”
This overstated environmental record should caution companies to avoid overstating it’s […]
APICS magazine’s “The Business Behind Green” by Tim Becker reveals a “green anxiety” in corporate America due to the increased media coverage of all things green. Responding to “green anxiety” can be hazardous especially when business basics are not applied to green projects; i.e, running the numbers and aligning green projects with corporate strategies.
The article […]
Green. The word evokes conversations about global warming, the environment, and plastic bag bans. An excellent APICS magazine article by Tim Becker of Probity Business Group, “The Business Behind Green“, introduced the topic (sorry, hefty membership to APICS is required to view the article):
“Eventually, the green tide will ebb as environmental stories are pushed off […]
No, that’s not me- it’s Einstein doing his first post!
Thought I’d tell you what you seem to like here at Project Management 411. Looking over my viewing statistics I see that you like controversy, trends, packaged series, New Years stuff, and soul searching two-worders. So, take a look at what other’s have been reading in order […]
The McKinsey Quarterly technology trends article presents an interesting spin on extracting more value from interactions. First they separate activities into three types:
1. Transformational- production and manufacturing.
2. Transactional- clerical or simple rule-based.
3. Tacit- negotiations, conversations, knowledge, ad hoc collaboration.
The first two are ripe for automating or offshoring. The third is ripe for supporting through technology […]
The McKinsey Quarterly article on technology trends to watch had some gems. These trends will cause pressure to do a lot of projects that need control- first in the choice of projects that match strategies and then in making sure those projects get all the help they need to get done. In such an environment […]
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