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The lives of small and large companies mirror the energy usage within similarly-sized animals of the fauna: a small animal exerts most energy exothermically while rooting around the forest’s floor for its next meal while a large animal burns energy endothermically on its internal processes or churn....

Five short years ago in 2016, over 76% of Americans and 74% of Canadians drove alone to work each day for an average of 26 minutes each way with elapsed times on the rise year-over-year. For 3.6 million Americans and 1.5 million Canadians, that commute exceeded 90 minutes each way. This made eco-opt...

Last week, the Chief Executive Offer (CEO) of General Motors GM -0.1%, Mary Barra, publicly messaged that its 155,000 global employees shall be allowed to “work appropriately” in the future amidst a flexible, evolving sometimes-remote workplace. “The learnings and successes of the last year led us t...

Erik Tanghe may have said it best: “Fear of change is like standing under a hot shower and knowing the moment you turn it off you'll be freezing cold.” 

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and many organizations, including automakers, will continue a work from home environment for at least the first half of 2021. Despite the challenges these situations present, there are numerous requirements, standards and state of the art practices that OE...

We all imagine the happy path. Simple instructions. An autonomous vehicle that arrives upon request, drives itself from our doorstep to our office’s lobby and then either parks itself or journeys to its next rider. No hassles. No worries.