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Why Managing Waste is So Crucial in Your Biz
Waste not only leads to the loss of resources, but it also leads to the loss of customer trustworthiness. That is why one of the main focuses of any business should be to increase efficiency, while reducing waste. Here are some "efficient" tips.
Pinpointing BP's Pitfalls: 8 Ways to Reconnect After a Disaster
Maribeth Kuzmeski offers advice on how they could have better connected with the public throughout the spill-and explains the lessons you can learn from them. For the past two months, our eyes have been glued to news of the Gulf Coast oil spill. And with each barrel that gushes into the Gulf, our anxiety and frustration rises exponentially. Much of our ire is aimed squarely at BP. With each day that passes, the oil company is buried deeper in a disaster that will surely be difficult to overcome. And according to Maribeth Kuzmeski, what makes the situation worse is how BP has chosen to connect with the media and the public during these critical days-resorting to misleading information, poor communication, and neglect in order to dodge responsibility for the spill.
Talent, Communication, and the BP Oil Spill
Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, has had a pretty rough couple of weeks. His response to the grilling by congress and his handling of communications surrounding the Gulf of Mexico oil situation was tone deaf to say the least – at least to US ears. And yet Tony is obviously a very talented guy. After all you don’t get to be CEO of BP by being a slouch. So what went went wrong? One of the hypotheses that have been circulating in the media is that there is a culture difference between the UK and USA on the use of language. As remarked by the playwright George Bernard Shaw, “England and America are two countries separated by the same language”.

Is Profit the Sustainable Goal?
In our new world, sustainability is just as important as profitability. The question is, how do we push big business to adopt that focus? Especially when that Secret Status Quo is still working in favor of the "big people".
Execution Meltdown: Four Key Failures that Sank BP
Though the worst oil spill in history resulted from many contributing factors, they can all be summed up in one big problem for BP-lack of execution. What exactly went wrong and what can other companies learn from BP’s failures.
Manipulation or Marketing?
What do you think about BP's latest ad campaigns? Is it marketing or manipulation? Check it out and let me know what you think!
Hurtling towards the next big birthday
A personal reflection coming up to birthday time. What prompted this article? Air-journeys provide invaluable thinking space. This article started life on a flight to Helsinki in early June. The two-hour flight from Heathrow provided me with just about the right amount of time for a brief helicopter-view of my world.

Are Multiple Supply Chains Important (Survey Response 8)
A 2006 Report made the following statement: "Designing and operating multiple supply networks to meet the needs of specific market segments--supply chain innovation and the use of multiple supply chains will be important to future revenue and market share growth." Based on your own experience is this an accurate assessment? If yes, why? If no, why?

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