Deloitte’s Amy Winsor discusses digital innovation in the oil & gas industry

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Amy Winsor, Principal and U.S. Oil & Gas Consulting Lead with Deloitte Consulting LLP, discusses her thoughts on the oil and gas industry’s current challenges, its future, and how digital innovation is shaping the industry in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Vivint Solar’s Bryan Christiansen discusses solar industry trends and leadership advice

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Bryan Christiansen, Chief Operating Officer of Vivint Solar, discusses the trends affecting solar energy as well as changing technologies and opportunities in solar energy in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Dan Vermeer discusses climate change as a “wicked problem” in Dow “Elements of Sustainability Series”

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As part of Dow Chemical’s “Elements of Sustainability Series”, Professor Dan Vermeer discusses how methods of design thinking and scenario planning can be productively used to tackle perhaps the world’s most wicked problem: climate change. — RELATED ARTICLES: Business schools start preparing graduates for a world of climate risks Video: Katherine Neebe, Director of Sustainability, […]

Katherine Neebe, Director of Sustainability, shares Walmart’s take on climate change & business value

Katherine Neebe - EDGE Chats video

Katherine Neebe, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, discusses how sustainability drives business value for Walmart, why Walmart is acting on climate change, and why every MBA needs to be thinking about social and environmental risks to business in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives  

Statoil Energy Ventures’ Gareth Burns discusses investing in renewables

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Gareth Burns, VP and Managing Director of Statoil Energy Ventures, discusses why the Norwegian oil and gas company is investing in renewable energy and electric vehicle charging infrastructure technologies in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

DuPont’s Dawn Rittenhouse talks about sustainable growth opportunities

EDGE Chats video with Dawn Rittenhouse

Dawn Rittenhouse, Director of Sustainable Development at DuPont, talks about growth opportunities, the business case for sustainability, and the challenge of scaling up best practices in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Introducing young business leaders to sustainability: Fuqua and Forte Foundation collaborate

Video: Sustainability: The Next Wave of Growth

The Forte Foundation, which encourages young women to enter into business careers, approached Fuqua and asked for help creating new content on corporate sustainability for its “Rising Stars” program for undergraduate women.  Together, Fuqua and Forte created a new video titled “Sustainability: The Next Wave of Growth.” Duke student Amanda Bushell (MEM/MBA’18), EDGE Managing Director […]

General Motors VP Doug Parks talks about GM’s plans for electric & self-driving cars

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Doug Parks, General Motors (GM)’s Vice President of Autonomous Technology and Vehicle Execution, talks about electric vehicles (EVs), self-driving (autonomous) cars, and GM’s vision of the transportation in the future in this EDGE Chats video, one of more than 40 video interviews with executives in the series. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos […]

Patrick Doherty, Long Haul Capital Group, discusses investing in the future

EDGE Chats video - Patrick Doherty

Patrick Doherty, Co-Founder and President of Long Haul Capital Group and co-author of the book The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century, talks about investing for a secure and sustainable future in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives  

Burt’s Bees’ Paula Alexander discusses the past and present of sustainability

Video: Paula Alexander, Burt's Bees

Paula Alexander (Duke MBA ’98), Director of Sustainable Business at Burt’s Bees, shares her thoughts on the evolution of corporate sustainability and challenges ahead in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives