Archive for the ‘Shale Gas’ Category
Monday, April 16th, 2012
I was fortunate enough to moderate the panel discussion entitled the “Ohio Energy Forum: The impact of shale exploration, drilling and extraction on companies doing business in Ohio”, hosted by McDonald Hopkins in Cleveland. Governor Tom Ridge kicked off the Forum by sharing his thoughts on the importance of shale energy to the State, Region and Nation. [...]
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
One of the biggest challenges for public and private sector community leaders is to ensure residents enjoy sustainable economic prosperity. Some communities are blessed with amazing natural assets making the challenge a little easier to address. Some communities have well developed and highly competitive industry clusters to build from. Whatever the situation, to be successful [...]
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
I want to highlight three tools/reports I have been exposed to lately that I think you may find valuable (or at least interesting). Location Benchmark Portal This is a new online database service offering from Investment Consulting Associates. The tool allows you to compare individual countries on a wide range of competitive attributes. Here is [...]
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
I have been investing some time talking with people about their approach to strategic planning and have found that the majority of them engage in the process primarily to define and deploy priorities in their Organization/Department. This is certainly a great application of strategic planning, but not the only one. Strategic planning can also be [...]
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
I recently read a policy working paper authored by Susan Cristopherson and Ned Rightor entitled “How Should We Think About the Economic Consequences of Shale Gas Drilling?” . In the paper, Susan provides a description of the potential for communities to experience an economic ‘boom-bust’ cycle. To describe the driving reason for the potential, she [...]
Friday, October 7th, 2011
As a Board member of the Nemacolin Energy Institute, I had an opportunity to attend the 2nd Annual Marcellus Shale Conference and Golf Invitational. The program included educational talks from both elected officials and experts in the shale gas industry. The main message take-away from all of the speakers was that shale gas is a [...]
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Commercialization of shale gas is an interesting economic development challenge. As a Board member of the Nemacolin Energy Institute, I have a unique opportunity to study this phenomenon first hand. Imagine one day your community’s economy goes from 0 – 60 mph in a heartbeat because millions of years ago pressures in the earth created [...]
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
I have been doing some preliminary research regarding the impact of fear on strategic decision-making. The driver of my curiosity is the commercialization of the Utica and Marcellus shale gas, a live case study happening in my buckeye state as well as Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. It is fascinating to see how [...]
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Great opportunities often present great responsibility. Commercialization of shale gas presents a great responsibility for economic development professionals and civic leaders. Without effective planning there is a risk the community could experience an exhilarating boom period followed by a destructive bust. Planning to ensure the community economy is stronger when the shale gas drilling is [...]
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
I know this reference will be lost on a few of you, so let me explain. The Beverly Hillbillies is a situation comedy broadcast by CBS from 1962 – 1971. The story line centered on the trials and tribulations of the Clampett family who moved to Beverly Hills, California after the OK Oil Company discovered [...]
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