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Over the last two and half years we have experienced some of the greatest changes in the history of this country. The economy is only part of it. Every organization has the power and the talent when unleashed will create dramatic change. Here are the key points: - Excess Capacity: Competition is increasing and margins are shrinking - The Impact of Local Businesses on the Economy - The EPA: Friend or Foe - The Impact of Downsizing on Employee Engagement - The Dramatically Increasing Presence of Women in Work - Transforming Your Business by Creating ValueTRANSCRIPT
Trends & Opportunities in the Emerging Green Environment
By
Tom Barrett
BRAVE NEW WORLDS:
Copyright © 2011 by Tom Barrett
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If you’re not confused . . .
…you’re not paying attention.- Tom Peters
Bank Closures reach a record Over 400
Nationalized Banking
... of the 5.1 Lost Jobs
• Almost 80% Lost by Men
Excessive
Manufacturing
Capacity
Tough-mindedness, a good trait – was replaced by meanness and greed – both terrible traits.
Rewards became perverted.
The richest people made the most mistakes with the least accountability. In too many situations, leaders divided us instead of bringing us together.
As a result . . .
…the bottom 25% of the
American population is
poorer than they were 25 years ago.
-- Jeffery Immelt, Chariman & CEO of GE December 9, 2009
Nationalized Banking
Nationalized Manufacturing
#1 in Research & Development over the last twenty-five years
GM
Emotional Economics
Theory
China
The country with the most number of English speakers
The World is Different
GM
Excessive Manufacturing
Capacity
World Class Distribution
Excessive Manufacturing
Capacity + World Class Distribution =
Today, sixty-one of the Fortune 500 companies come from developing countries.
Two decades ago it was 28.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin
“The over-borrowing, over-consuming, and under-innovation is now in the U.S. . . .”
-- Antonio van Agtmael Chairman Emerging Markets Management LLC October 2007, Newsweek
INNOVATE
NOW !
I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor;
RICH is Much Better!
– Louis Armstrong
Profits =Sustainability
Environmental Issues
In July 2006, the Massachusetts legislature narrowly defeated a bill which would limit household water use to 65 gallons per person per day.
The average personal household water use in the United States today is 78 gallons per person per day.
Las Vegas, Nevada is paying homeowners and business $1.00 per square foot to remove turfgrass to conserve water use.
Some communities in California are following Las Vegas.
17 communities in Canada have banned
Commercial Lawn Care Applicators.
In 2007
124 communities in Canada have banned
Commercial Lawn Care Applicators.
In 2008
3 Provinces in Canada have banned Commercial Lawn Care
Applicators.
In 2009
New Jersey enacted the strictest fertilizer
restrictions in the nation.
In 2011
Commercial and residential outdoor water use in the United States accounts for more than seven billion gallons of water each day, mainly for landscape irrigation.
But as much as half of that water is wasted due to evaporation, and poor irrigation design, installation and maintenance. It’s like dollars blowing away in the wind - EPA, June 2009
EPA Labeling — “Every drop counts.” That’s the motto for a new partnership program called WaterSense that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently launched to stimulate more efficient use of water in homes and businesses.
NEW WATER CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION TO BE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO.
“The Alliance for Water Efficiency”
CHICAGO (Dec 12, 2005)EPA Environmental News Release
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin
Wheezers
Geezers
Boomers
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By age 50, the average American will have lived less than half of their adult life.
—Bill Novelli, 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
AVERAGE NUMBER OF CARS PURCHASED PER HOUSEHOLD=13
Average # of cars bought after the “head of the household”
reaches age 50 = 7MARTI BALETTIPrimeTime Women
Forget China, India and the Internet: Economic Growth Is Driven by Women
— Economist, April 15, 2006
Since 1970 Women have held two out of every three new jobs created.
— Financial TimesOctober 3, 2006
Although more men than women graduate high school,
more women enroll in college.
– U.S Dept. of Labor
Women posted a net increase of 1.7 million jobs paying above the median salary.
Men posted a net increase of 220,000 new jobs above the
median salary.
WALL STREET JOURNAL.February 20, 2007
WOMEN89% MEN 11%
2 out of every 3 undergraduate degrees are awarded to women
IN JUNE 2011
More women were awarded advanced degrees than men.
When UK couples purchase a house,
the woman makes the decision 72% OF THE TIME. – Financial
Times, November 3, 2007
... of the 5.1 Lost Jobs
• Almost 80% Lost by Men
IN February, 2011 more women were employed than men.
“Women are the
MAJORITY market.”
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin
If you’re not confused . . .
…you’re not paying attention.
– Tom Peters
Just Do It
Emerging Trends and Opportunities in the Emerging Green Environment
Tom Barrett
P.O. Box 124
Westfield, Indiana 46074
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