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Articles by Norbert Schwieters
The End of Conventional Industry Sectors
These days, few people expect to work for a single company throughout their career. But what about the expectation that companies will remain in one industry forever? Is that, too, becoming an artifact of the past? In a new PwC report called “The Future of Industries: Bringing Down the Walls,” we look at how the boundaries among sectors are shifting.
Standpunkt: Zurück in die Offensive: Stadtwerke im Zentrum der (auto-) mobilen Revolution
Das Auto der Zukunft fährt elektrisch – daran dürfte es spätestens seit der Internationalen Automobilausstellung (IAA) jüngst in Frankfurt kaum noch Zweifel geben. Selbst die lange Zeit zurückhaltenden deutschen Hersteller haben in Sachen E-Mobilität mehrere Gänge hochgeschaltet. So kündigte Mercedes an, bis 2022 für die gesamte Produktpalette mindestens eine (teil-)elektrische Variante anzubieten.
10 Principles for Leading the Next Industrial Revolution
A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of strategy+business. It isn’t often that the broad infrastructure that underlies industrial civilization undergoes a dramatic transformation. But just such a change appears to be happening now.
The End of Conventional Industry Sectors
These days, few people expect to work for a single company throughout their career. But what about the expectation that companies will remain in one industry forever? Is that, too, becoming an artifact of the past? In a new PwC report called “The Future of Industries: Bringing Down the Walls,” we look at how the boundaries among sectors are shifting.
A Strategist’s Guide to Power Industry Transformation
A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2015 issue of strategy+business. In many ways, the electricity industry makes an unlikely candidate for disruption. Not much changed between the 1880s, when Thomas Edison began building power stations, and the start of the 21st century. Top business leaders rarely had to think about electricity. They got their electricity from the power plant, or the local utility, or the government, and had little say in how it was produced, delivered, or managed.
The road ahead: gaining momentum from energy transformation
Energy transformation is being driven by five global megatrends interacting with and amplified by a set of shifts taking place within the power sector. These five megatrends – technological breakthroughs; climate change and resource scarcity; demographic and social change; a shift in global economic power and rapid urbanisation – are challenges for all businesses.
Energize e-News, Issue 87, May 2015
Does Eskom have a good story to tell us yet? by Roger Lilley, EE Publishers On 4 May 2015 Eskom's acting chief executive, Brian Molefe, reportedly said that Eskom had interrupted supply for "only" four-and-a-half hours over a seven-day period. Perhaps after all the apologies the power utility has had to...
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