Powering through the Transition

Book excerpt: The energy transition is underway to low carbon, and energy companies need a guide to navigate through the uncertainties while maintaining an agile workforce. Powering through the Transition: Navigating the Energy Sector's Biggest Change since the Discovery of Oil delivers key principles to achieve performance excellence for energy managers and engineers, utilizing cutting edge tools and techniques around lean, visual management, scrum, agile and margin improvement methods. Practical and user-friendly, the methods introduced are already showing successful tangible results with super major energy companies backed by the author's 25-year experience. Strong visual graphics through flow charts and graphical abstracts are included as well as smart deployment methods utilizing digital technology and multiskilling of personnel. Rounding out with a glossary of terms and practical examples, Powering through the Transition gives today's companies a plan to thrive in low carbon energy markets. - Change the conversation and introduce a new innovative and visual approach to navigate the uncertainties in the energy industry, working with energy operators to focus on maximizing contract value and improving profitability on the journey to performance excellence - ​​​​​​Understand and establish a 'Center of Excellence', providing synergy between business groups supporting the upskilling of the workforce and driving maximum value out of all contracts - Adapt to low-carbon energy dynamics and learn digital tools that balance benefit and cost - Visualize development and implementation with flow charts and graphical abstracts