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AI-Powered Clean Tech: Transforming Business Operations

Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2023

By harnessing the potential of AI, companies can optimize the integration and management of clean technologies , leading to increased efficiency, cost savings, and environmental sustainability. Artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful tool in transforming various industries, including renewable energy.

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Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. I found this experience not only enlightening and a delight but also pragmatic and extremely helpful in the way I think about organizational change.

Culture

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Upgrade your Legacy System without Disrupting your Project-based Organization

Progressus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to the United States Government Accountability Office , ten of the government’s legacy systems cost approximately $337 million annually to operate and maintain. Or started with ERP and then added Project Management in Phase 2, and CRM in Phase 3. There are many options based on your organization and its needs.

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System ROI Software Government

Advice on Running a Government Agency Like a Startup, from Someone Who’s Tried It

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

18F was borne, in part, out of the Obama administration’s attempts to funnel startup-style ingenuity into the government , particularly after the disastrous launch of Healthcare.gov. I asked Godbout about how innovation teams work in government. Innovators were going to parachute in and save government. It’s too big.

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A Guide to Project Integration Management

Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

To make sure that the process of orchestrating projects across the whole environment runs like clockwork, project integration management should be applied. . In this article, we’ll provide an overview of this process, and let you know how project managers can make it more simple and efficient by utilizing a resource management solution. .

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8 Essential Project Management Documents You Need to Know About

Epicflow

DECEMBER 1, 2022

If you look into project management standards, you will find at least a dozen of various plans, multiple types of reports, and numerous other documents. The good news is that a project manager doesn’t have to write all of them – the idea is to compile only those that will be essential for workflow efficiency and required by stakeholders.

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Working from Home

Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

Business leaders and government authorities around the world are encouraging or mandating their employees to work from home due to the emerging pandemic caused by COVID-19. It is not efficient. Organizations of all sizes are worried about the economic impact the virus will have on their organizational effectiveness and bottom line.

Productivity

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How the Internet of Things Can Prepare Cities for Natural Disasters

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2017

When a disaster strikes, federal, state, and local governments need a coordinated strategy, accessible data, and a skilled workforce to manage the response. Using the most current technology could help them more efficiently and safely address these costly disasters. filo/Getty Images. Since 1980 the U.S. Since 1980 the U.S.

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How I Led Change in the U.S. State Department Bureaucracy

Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

My experience as a digital leader in the Obama administration confirmed my optimism that change can come to large bureaucracies. Witnessing both failure and success in government, I saw three common elements required to realize positive organizational change. Establish Credibility — with Humility.

Government

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

But companies and government agencies are starting to find plenty of places where knowledge-based tools can make a huge difference. These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. Don’t make your AI too lite.

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Product Portfolio Management: What It Is and Why It Matters for Business Leaders

Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Efficient product portfolio management allows a company to be agile and respond to arising market demands. Uncertainty poses another threat to efficient product portfolio management. . Read more: Change Management Best Practices: Overcoming Pitfalls of Change Implementation .

Productivity

Productivity Management Resources Software

The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Academies have devolved decision-making powers enabling them to bypass local government.) Soldiers like efficiency and order. By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career.

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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

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System Change Management Healthcare Government

The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

The Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 (and amendments in 1988 and 2004) called for government agencies such as NASA to support the development and growth of commercial space. NASA, purely funded by government, incurred the total costs and became the owner of the resulting technology. It is currently at less than o.5%

Operations

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change. The company moved from regional business units to a global functional model, setting the stage for more-efficient and effective operations, such as reducing the number of vehicle platforms.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Project and Program Management Symposium August, 13-15, Canberra, Australia The Symposium brings together project managers who are ready to share their expertise and/or improve their skill sets in the fields of project and program management, governance, and controls as well as network with their peers.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

.” McDonald’s approach was to pair private sector executives who had fresh perspectives with experienced civil servants who were promoted from within and had a deep understanding of the VA’s dynamics and how to get things done in the federal government.

Culture

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If Your Argument Is Based on Economics, You’ve Already Lost

Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

They appealed to economic efficiency. Life would be easier and better because of the economic efficiencies – the movement of goods and people around the EU, for instance, and the managing of cross-border business deals would encounter far fewer frictions if the UK remained than if it exited.

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AI-Powered Clean Tech: Transforming Business Operations

Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

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Upgrade your Legacy System without Disrupting your Project-based Organization

Advice on Running a Government Agency Like a Startup, from Someone Who’s Tried It

A Guide to Project Integration Management

8 Essential Project Management Documents You Need to Know About

Working from Home

How the Internet of Things Can Prepare Cities for Natural Disasters

How I Led Change in the U.S. State Department Bureaucracy

How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Product Portfolio Management: What It Is and Why It Matters for Business Leaders

The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

The Reinvention of NASA

Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

If Your Argument Is Based on Economics, You’ve Already Lost

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