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Process efficiency OR systems optimisation?
Approx. time to read: 10 minutes “More of the same, faster!” has been the primary approach to production efficiency for centuries, from factory production lines to wide-acre mono-crop farming. And the focus of production efficiency untill recently has been...
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Process efficiency OR systems optimisation?
Approx. time to read: 10 minutes “More of the same, faster!” has been the primary approach to production efficiency for centuries, from factory production lines to wide-acre mono-crop farming. And the focus of production efficiency untill recently has been...
Engineering and chemistry OR physics and biology?
Approx. time to read: 7 minutes From the earliest blacksmith shops and soap makers to 20th century steel foundries, cement plants and Kevlar manufacturing - a surprising number of global production technologies still predominantly use chemical and mechanical...
Focus on delivering products OR delivering service and value?
Approx. time to read: 8 minutes The "everybody knows" way to grow a business in the 20th century was to grow product sales - and once you were in the market to continuously develop new products with more features. However: • Most of the time, what people want is the...
From 1-Way Supply “Chains” TO Circular Systems
Approx. time to read: 8 minutes Since the Industrial Revolution (if not further) the way business has thought about products and services has been basically 1-way – dig materials up, make a product, sell it to someone, forget about it – and repeat…. However, tomorrow...
Less waste, less toxic, less bad OR fully good?
Approx. time to read: 13 minutesThe design paradigm of 20th century industrial systems is pretty much "1-way": mine/make/use/dump [repeat] Waste has been a standard part of making products and delivering services - and we've built a whole safety industry around...
Doing good – cost and compliance and charity OR a world of opportunity?
Approx. time to read: 7 minutes When you start looking at today’s global social and environmental challenges through the lens of strategic opportunity then a wealth of business potential opens up. Why? What you think about influences what you notice in the world,...
CLIMATE: Small Business, Big Opportunity
Beyond big government policy and consumer behaviour, smart entrepreneurs are delivering scalable solutions from surprisingly small operations. Today’s commercial climate solutions offer trillion $$$ opportunities. 75% of Australians want more action on climate change...
Business Best Practice Social Responsibility
Nearly 75% of consumers say they would refuse to buy from a company if they learned the company supported an issue contrary to their own beliefs. Are you playing your part in creating a better world? Review your business against social responsibility best practice...