The Smart Grid Big Data Challenge
If we want to achieve ongoing smart grid optimization, we can't do so without actionable intelligence. It's needed to correct deficiencies throughout the power delivery system, not just to the custome...
22 Apr 20130s
How to Manage Beginnings as a Leader
When starting any new program, there's a sense of uncertainty that comes with any disruption. Introducing something new to an existing, well-oiled workflow could throw a wrench into your people, proce...
17 Apr 201357min
Airlines' BIG Challenge: Gaining Customer Loyalty
At home, work, in the airport or in the air…an airline customer can be touched in many ways: Personalized offerings, frequent travel rewards, and last but by no means least, a pleasant in-flight exper...
10 Apr 201358min
Making Renewable Energy a Lasting Priority
Utilities know that renewables are the future. Consumers want cleaner energy. The challenge is funding modernization and maintaining affordability. In this episode, CIO Dirk Mahling of Seattle City Li...
8 Apr 201316min
Judgment as The Essence of Leadership
In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, the most important thing that leaders do is make judgment calls. The decisions and judgment calls made in the people, strategy, and cris...
3 Apr 201353min
Promoting Human Value in IT Culture
In an organization's attempt to cut costs and meet business demands, there's a perceived notion that IT leaders are creating a ruthless environment in which workers are treated as cogs in a larger mac...
27 Mar 201355min
Managing Transition To Smart Grid
The smart grid infrastructure will inevitably produce an explosion of data, and utility may need to have a comprehensive information management ability to handle it. While many organizations are still...
25 Mar 201317min
The Smart City Project: Infrastructure, Industry and Citizens
Building a smart city will take real effort by businesses to meet rising populations and industries with escalating needs. Utilities, IT and telecommunications need to collaborate to provide smart sol...
20 Mar 201355min
