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The Low-Down: Peak Oil Is Near Not Because of Dwindling Supply, But Disappearing Demand
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Aug 13, 2015. Peak Oil Is Near Not Because of Dwindling Supply, But Disappearing Demand. Given the stagnation in household incomes across the wealthier global economies, oil is facing pressure as never before to remain competitive given the plethora of cheaper - and more reputationally acceptable - alternatives. JL. Amory Lovins comments in Medium. Want to be in the oil business? They have decadal lead times and high technological, geological, and political risks. Resource owners ...
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The Low-Down: About
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Jon is a Partner and Co-founder of Predictiv Consulting. Prior to founding Predictiv, Jon was a Senior Fellow at Cap Gemini Ernst and Young’s Center for Business Innovation. Under his leadership, CGEY produced major business strategy reports including Measures That Matter. Success Factors in the IPO Transformation Process. And The Value Creation Index. He organized and co-hosted with Forbes ASAP an annual conference entitled Measuring the Future. His work has appeared in Forbes.
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The Low-Down: Why Is It So Hard To Get a Great Bagel In California?
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Aug 13, 2015. Why Is It So Hard To Get a Great Bagel In California? You can overthink the bagel concept. Innovation, disruption and scale are not necessarily its friends. JL. Elizabeth Weil reports in the New York Times. All of this makes you wonder if the problem is really cultural, if California bagel bakers are too hooked on innovation and culinary self-expression for the bagel’s good. 8220;So he wasn’t a fan? 8217;’ I asked. Wise Sons deli now occupies a former taco joint on t...
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The Low-Down: Yes, Uber Has Lost a Lot of Money - and It Will Lose More
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Aug 14, 2015. Yes, Uber Has Lost a Lot of Money - and It Will Lose More. Most startups lose money. The real question is whether they demonstrate that they have any hope of making any at some reasonable point in the not-too-distant future. Or not. JL. Carmel DeAmicis reports in re/code. What really matters is: What’s their profitability in some of their oldest markets? From 2012 to 2014 show that the company lost a ton of money during those years. Uber in particular dumps a lot of ...
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Crisis Simulations International: Strategic Partners
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CSI IN THE NEWS. Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. Has helped executives around the world to compete more effectively, especially to deal with technological, competitive, and regulatory change. Http:/ www.whatifyourstrategy.com/. Is an expert in keeping transportation supply chains secure. This is due to their broad access to critical security information which has helped ports around the world establish operational, financial and strategic solutions to keep them running in times of crisis. Works wit...
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The Low-Down: Google Expanding Free Internet Access in US
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Aug 13, 2015. Google Expanding Free Internet Access in US. Giving away access makes sense assuming that those who take advantage then spend money on the available services - which is where the real opportunity lies for both providers and users. JL. Angela Moscaritolo reports in PC Magazine. Providing an Internet connection is just one piece of the puzzle. People can only take advantage of the many benefits of the Web when they understand why it matters and know how to use it.
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The Low-Down: How Agility Trumps Efficiency
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Aug 14, 2015. How Agility Trumps Efficiency. Efficiency has driven management focus and economic reality for most of the past century. Whoever could perform the most useful work for the least expenditure of energy and cost was likely to win. It was a simple ratio, though the act of aligning inputs and outputs was and is often highly complex. Greg Satell comments in Digital Tonto. In an age of disruption. In the context of a shared mission. Efficiency was the mantra of 20th century...
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The Low-Down: There's (A Little) Good News and (Some Really) Bad News About Digital Ads
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Aug 13, 2015. There's (A Little) Good News and (Some Really) Bad News About Digital Ads. So, more of those ads you you paid for but customers never saw couldnt have been seen anyway. Learning what to do about it (if anything) will cost you extra. Isn't measurement great? Barry Levine reports in Venture Beat. Ad fraud has dropped a bit. (But) 56 percent of all online ads are not on the screen completely enough or long enough for actual humans to see. Ad fraud has dropped a bit.
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The Low-Down: The Organizational Cost of Hoarded Knowledge
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A Blog by Jonathan Low. Dec 22, 2014. The Organizational Cost of Hoarded Knowledge. Yes, knowledge is increasingly stored, aggregated and transferred electronically. But it usually starts with a person or group of people who become expert in its interpretation and implications. And while many leaders speak bravely of the valuable assets taking the elevator every evening ,. But in an economy in which much of our wealth is intangible - in the way it is generated as well as in the way it is stored and trans...