by barrager | Nov 16, 2014 | Barrager, Chris Argyris, Collaboration, collaborative design, Decision Analysis, Decision coaching, decision engineering, Deming, Design, Drucker, Framing strategic decisions, Organizational learning, Process, Strategic Design, Tools
The intellectual high ground in business decision making is held by a handful of organizations: The Economist Intelligence Unit, Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Global Institute, and Strategy+Business. I think Rich Karlgaard, the publisher of Forbes, is also a...
by barrager | Oct 22, 2014 | Barrager, Cazalet, Electric power policy, Energy, Public Policy, Transactive Energy
Transactive Energy (TE) is a business and regulatory model for electricity that is based on four simple ideas: 1) There are two products: energy and transport. 2) Forward transactions are used to coordinate customer and producer investments and to manage risk. 3) Spot...
by barrager | Oct 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
In the 1970’s Ron Howard defined the micromort as a measure of small risks. A micromort is one microprobability of death, i.e., a one in a million chance of dying. The micromort is useful for thinking about medical decisions that involve the possibility of...
by barrager | Oct 1, 2014 | Automotive, Barrager, Cazalet, Electric power policy, Energy, Industry Sectors, Public Policy, Rocky Mountain Institute, Transactive Energy
A common vision of the smart home of the future is beginning to emerge. See the figure on the left. The home of the future will have solar panels on the roof and it will be both a producer and consumer of energy. It will have smart appliances. The smart air...
by barrager | Sep 16, 2014 | Barrager, Cazalet, Electric power policy, Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute, Transactive Energy
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has just released a thoughtful report that discusses the need for increasing rate sophistication for residential and industrial customers. I applaud RMI’s courage for taking on the topic of electricity rate design. Rate design...
