DC Velocity - February 2010

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for a preview of coming attractions. The dad-gum gummint isn’t going to care that 2008/2009 were tough years. Our dedicated public servants are likely to become enthralled by the promise of green and mandate what we, as organizations, have got to do and when. Think the government won’t be here soon? Surprise! The administration’s secretary of labor has made the creation of green jobs a high priority.

Seems to us that the prudent management tactic for today is pre-emption. Doing everything we can—now—to make/save real money. Setting the wheels in motion for the big, but longer-term, projects that will make life both greener and more profitable into the coming decades. Our guess is that those who set strong and positive green agendas now are going to be way ahead of those who close their eyes and hope that the mandates are never issued.

When Washington sets the agenda and timeline, the relevance and payback for specific companies are typically not in the equation. But there’ll be no forgiveness—and maybe even crippling penalties—for those who don’t comply.

Staying in the game

So, it’s not as easy being green as it might have been when
companies were more profitable, but the
stakes in being—or not being—green have
grown. And those are the stakes we’ve got
to deal with if we’re going to be in the
game.

Art van Bodegraven, practice leader at S4 Consulting, may be reached at (614) 336-0346 or avan@columbus.rr.com. You can read his blog at http://blogs.dcvelocity.com/ the_art_of_art/. Kenneth B. Ackerman, president of The Ackerman Company, can be reached at (614) 488-3165 or ken@warehousing-forum.com.

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