Organizational
Transformation
Sustainability
vs. Profitability
Private sector
organization must balance the dynamic tension between their
requirement for profitability
and
their commitment to
business best practices that promote sustainability in products
and services. NGS
believes
that there is no conflict, that with the right focus and
innovative thinking, the efficiencies of the
past
become
the sustainable behaviors of the
future.
The latest focus for
successful organizations and their leadership is
“sustainability.” Yet both
public and private
organizations are also measured on financial
success. The emerging
result from our work suggests there is no
conflict.
In fact, with
the right focus and innovative thinking, the efficiencies of
the past become the sustainable behaviors of the
future.
Breakthrough
Work in Environmental Impact
Mapping
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Our
students and their sponsors have long been driving process
improvement focused on increased throughput
and improved first pass yield.
Upon reflection, these goals are
the basis for sustainable processes – the basic
elimination of
waste. When the definition
of waste is expanded, and the focus on key drivers is crafted
to include
resource use, energy
consumption, carbon footprint and environmental health and
safety, the same opportunities
which drive
profitability drive sustainability. It is a natural outcome of energized
teams, sponsored by forward
thinking
organizations, and guided by experienced
educators.
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