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Delphi in the DoD Procurement Team (IPT) process

ByDel Phi

Jordan & Hall published an article in the Defense Sector edition (2016, Edition X) of the Refractive Thinker related to augmenting the DoD procurement process with Delphi team planning (Jordan & Hall, 2016). Here is the summary. Delphi Method, or Delphi Technique, is an established method for bringing teams of informed panelists, or experts, together to analyze complex and interrelated problems. Organizations use group decision-making techniques to make sound plans, plans that gain support for…

The mercury doesn’t lie: We’ve hit a troubling climate change milestone – The Boston Globe

BySustainMe

The mercury doesn’t lie: We’ve hit a troubling climate change milestone – The Boston Globe: Bill McKibben gives a quick notice of the unbelievable occurrence. The 2 degrees Celsius above normal is that critical milestone that governments have arbitrarily chosen as the drop-dead level for the planet. We’ll congratulations, we have gotten there! Somewhat humorously, you gotta laugh or you will cry, Anchorage, Alaska is importing snow for the great dog sled race. First year…

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The State of Green Business, 2016 | GreenBiz

BySustainMe

The State of Green Business, 2016 | GreenBiz: The latest report by GreenBiz (and Trucost) on the State of Green Business is great. Optimistic, but no green-colored glasses. There was a lot of progress in Paris (COP21) in December, but the progress from businesses is were major progress seems to be forming. It is great to see businesses taking more control and starting to shape sustainability arguments and the form the solutions. We at SustainZine…

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Busted, or not busted, our patent system

ByBizMan

One of the most revered, trusted and enduring of America’s industrial and technological advantages is our patent system.  Except that, it isn’t anymore.  Patents are included in the US Constitution, proof positive that the Foundering Fathers considered them critically important to the future of the country.  That was then, this is now and you’ll understand when you go to www.wired.com/2015/01/fixing-broken-patent-system.  It was written by Jay Walker,the founder of Priceline in the late 1990s. Here is an insightful…

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2015 hottest year, by a mile

BySustainMe

Sadly, 2015 was really hot. Record hot. And it set a record for breaking the record (set last year in 2014). Ouch, ouch and double ouch!. This was a wicked El Nino year. Only an El Nino year last century competes with the hottest 14 years this century. Apparently, the follow through from El Nino starting in 2015 should leave 2016 as a rather hot year. One of the best summations on the subject came…

FDA miss, more or less!

BySustainMe

Uncle Sam Just Told Us To Drink Water, Not Soda. You Might’ve Missed It http://n.pr/1TI2QUx The guidelines, and the pictures, should be, and could be, very simple. More… fresh fruits and vegetables. More water. More exercise. Less… Processed foods, red meat, and sugary soft drinks. Simple. And fits nicely into almost any diagram you want to make.