» Monthly Archives: February 2012
Saint Is Award Finalist With IBM, Deloitte, FTI
AMCF Spotlights Top Business Strategy Projects of Year
The Saint Consulting Group is a finalist with IBM, FTI Consulting and Deloitte Consulting for the Association of Management Consulting Firms 2012 award for business strategy.
The judges selected Saint Consulting for its work with the Barnett Shale office of Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second-largest producer of natural gas. ...
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Could This Be The End for Pebble Partnership?
By Christopher Hopkins
The Saint Consulting Group
The Pebble Partnership in Alaska is one of the most significant findings of copper, molybdenum and gold ever discovered in North America. It is also one of the most controversial mining proposals ever.
Pebble has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars, without yet fling for any permits. That cost —an ...
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2012 Energy Sector Summary: Opposition Intensity Levels Rising
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group
The most recent Saint Index results show that 55% of Americans would oppose a new power plant if proposed in their community. That number is down significantly from the 75% opposing in 2007. Yet, dwindling opposition does not necessarily mean an easier permitting environment or less activism from opponents. ...
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2012 Top Five Energy Sector Risks and Why
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group
I thought it might be valuable to try to create a top five facility types of energy that face extreme permitting risk in 2012 and why. I take a stab below. Your views are welcome. Hit me up at vincent@tscg.biz.
5. Wind Energy Plants
Renewing the Production Tax Credit is priority ...
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Jay Vincent To Speak at Waste Expo 2012: Community Viewpoints Impact the Industry
Jay Vincent, senior vice president for energy and business development for The Saint Consulting Group, will speak at the Waste Expo 2012 in Las Vegas in April discussing the impact of community viewpoints on the waste industry.
Jay's presentation will be on Monday, April 30, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, from 3.15 pm to 4 ...
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Strategic Comms, Part 34: How to Avoid Bad Decisions by Groupthink
(This is the 34th in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
Have you ever wondered how a group of very smart people could make a very bad decision? Or how a group could reach a conclusion that isn’t wiser than the sum of its parts? It could ...
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Strategic Comms-Part 33: Employee Communication and Increased Shareholder Value
(This is the 33rd in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
There is a clear link between improving employee communication and increasing shareholder value. For example, a Watson Wyatt study in 2003 found that companies with the most effective employee communication programs provided a 26 percent total ...
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Strategic Comms, Pt 32: Engage Supporters, Avoid a Spiral of Silence
(This is the 32nd in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments)
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
Controversial land use projects cannot only divide a community, they can dissuade people from getting engaged and publicly expressing their opinions.
The Spiral of Silence Theory, developed by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, maintains that people who hold a minority ...
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