by Amy Seidman | Clean Tech, Cleantech Open, Innovation, Noble Profit, Video, Women
Heidi Lubin, CEO of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies (HEVT) has a vision to create “high-performance, highly efficient, affordable and reliable electric motors”. Her baby is a real winner, taking the prize at several major competitions including the...
by Shana Rappaport | Economy, Innovation, Noble Profit, Verge, Waste
Companies need to shoot for the stars in thinking about resource productivity, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co. Fortunately, technology is presenting opportunities to do so. “Rather than settling for historic resource-productivity improvement rates of...
by Amy Seidman | Data, SB, Sustainability, Thought Leadership, Video
Information is power and the goal of using metrics is to analyze solutions and measurements to make important changes in business also helps to create transparency. Bonnie Nixon talks about the goal of developing and leveraging the data to enable companies and people...
by John Marshall Roberts | Highlights, Thought Leadership
Why do some entrepreneurs manage to defy social gravity and thrive, while most go down in flames? How is it possible to attract a truly passionate following through social media in today’s information overwhelmed age? What’s the best way to find security in a flat,...
by Shana Rappaport | Resilient Cities, Sustainability, Verge
The new word from City Hall is coopetition. In a world where metropolises are vying to be seen as climate (or cleantech or green) leaders, some mayors are concluding that they can move further, faster by cooperating as well as competing. It’s a new chapter in the...
by Amy Seidman | Resilient Cities, Verge
When looking at the landscape of climate change in the literal sense, we are faced with the advent of severe weather cycles, destructive storms like hurricane like Sandy and rising sea levels threatening to consume vast areas. City and state planners have their work...