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I recently watched Daniel Pink‘s speech from TED on the gap between the science of motivation and the actions of most businesses. If you aren’t familiar with Pink, his book “A Whole New Mind” is one of BGE’s most recommended reads and describes the game changing shift from the knowledge economy to the creative economy. His latest [...] Lehigh Cement will begin voluntarily testing of activated carbon injection technology, commonly used to reduce mercury at power plants, to reduce the emissions at its plant in Union Bridge Maryland. The mercury will be permanently sequestered in the final product. Lehigh believes it can meet the EPA proposal for 2013 mercury levels without negatively impacting the quality of [...] The Green Patent Blog has an interesting analysis of a Harvard developed technology for capture of CO2 that just might generate electricity as [...] Two new studies released today will only serve to increase the public pressure on the EPA to regulate mercury emissions from cement kilns. The first, a USGS study, found mercury contamination in every fish tested from 291 streams across the country and levels in more than two thirds of them were “a concern to fish eating mammals”. [...] I recently completed Sylvia Lafair’s book “Don’t Bring it to Work: Breaking the Family Patterns That Limit Success”. As the title suggests, this book is focused on how family behaviors manifest themselves at work, and how, by recognizing these patterns, you can change them and improve your relationships and be more successful. In the interest of full [...] Today, more than ever, there is pressure to produce more with less. Increasing productivity at multiple plants can improve profit margins for an entire enterprise – but achieving this can be difficult. There are several ways in which a qualified planner can help maximize the productivity of your plant.
I read this blog post from Jim Pinto today and it got me thinking about the difference between access to information, and learning. Pinto seems to be arguing that the information revolution will make “traditional” universities irrelevant because the lecture-learn-test paradigm no longer requires physical presence. This is a sound position and I do not disagree. There [...] Part five – A new reality and the way forward Ours has been a long journey, starting with a melting pot of equipment manufacturers and cement producers who had close ties, progressing through a period of globalization. We watched the Chinese enter the market and examined the response. Today we close our story by taking a final [...] |
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