The political after-effects of drought

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Andrew

Australia’s crazily stochastic rainfall is having serious political fallout, one to two years after a major east coast drought turned to catastrophic floods almost overnight. As climate change begins to replicate Australia’s climate in other continents, our lessons may be relearned by others. Australia’s east coast states  spent something like AU$15-20b on drought mitigation infrastructure in the 2005-2010 period, including large [...]

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China’s desalination boom

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Andrew

H2Otalent anticipates a major boom in the desalination industry in China,  as demand for water increased and alternative supply options fall away. H2Otalent’s Isa Cruz attended the Qingdao Desalination Conference last month, attended by representatives from all over the world positioning for a piece of the action. H2Otalent’s Isa Cruz at the Qingdao Desalination Conference This excellent Circle of [...]

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Managing Change – The Power to the Edge approach

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Andrew

If you are a senior executive in a large organisation, you are unlikely to have the knowledge required to make major strategic decisions for your organisation. This is a challenging idea for traditional hierarchical managers, but it is now pretty much accepted wisdom amongst management theorists. I have just been reading an article in the HBR titled Adaptability: [...]

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Build global talent shortage into planning

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Andrew

The global water talent market looks increasingly constrained, with a shortage of mid-level talent even in countries with high levels of unemployment. I cannot emphasise enough that you should build high salaries and talent-shortages into your business planning. We are observing the most severe talent shortages in Brazil and China, where it is very difficult for global [...]

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