ALN Th@4 – this Thursday, July 30, at 4 pm Eastern – will feature Andrew James Advisory Group President Richard Uytdewilligen chatting with Jim Dieter, ALN CEO, about training and ALN A55K Professional Certification. Another 25 professionals are lined up for upcoming training. The chat will touch on the impact of ALN A55K Professional Certification and how it is different than other approaches.
August 6, 2020 – Jim Dieter, ALN CEO, hosts a chat with Ark Wingrove about asset management success stories in the U.K., Ireland, and South Africa.
People
Michael Lipsky
ALN Board Member
The ALN Board welcomes Michael Lipsky, who is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos, a public policy institution and author of the book “Street Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service.” His book was updated and reissued in 2010 and is still used as a classroom text. He has served numerous federal agencies.
Ideas
Triple Bottom Line Doesn’t Cut It Today
The creator of the concept of the Triple Bottom Line – People, Profit, Planet – as measuring the true value of an organization, says that more is needed now. John Elkington says, we now need to be “working toward a triple helix for value creation, a genetic code for tomorrow’s capitalism, spurring the regeneration of our economies, societies, and biosphere.”
Sources
True Cost of an Asset Management Disaster
The Federal Trade Commission issued a final report stating that Volkswagen paid $9.5 billion to redress it’s diesel engine debacle. It also said that 86% of U.S. customers affected choose to sell back their vehicles or end their leases with the company. That is a high price to pay for poor asset management.
reStructuring America is the 2020 ALN web forum of ideas, best practices, case studies and information that can be immediately useful to organizations. Starting on October 6, 2020 the web forum will feature programs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until October 22, 2020.
