Reading Time: 3 minutes We need to rework a timeless proverb to bring the devastation in Canada’s oil and gas sector into sharp focus
Author: Bill Whitelaw
Bill Whitelaw is a director and advisor to many industry boards, including the Canadian Society for Evolving Energy, which he chairs. He speaks and comments frequently on the subjects of social licence, innovation and technology, and energy supply networks.
The energy industry’s tough decisions loom in the future
Reading Time: 4 minutes But what if the energy sector’s chief story officer was a young Canadian – living in an energy future more complex than our energy present?
Once iconic David Suzuki now just an over-the-hill curmudgeon
Reading Time: 3 minutes David Suzuki is a lot like Donald Trump in more ways than you may think
A recipe for spreading the word about energy industry successes
Reading Time: 3 minutes What better way to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday than with stories of the sector that has so dynamically contributed to the country’s prosperity?
Energy industry’s youth can be its best ambassadors
Reading Time: 3 minutes They expect to do better by the environment than their parents and, through their corporate efforts, contribute more effectively to social good
Building Canadian oil and gas trust one tale at a time
Reading Time: 3 minutes Part 2 in a series detailing how the energy sector can rebuild its reputation, and its vibrancy, by connecting with Canadians
Oil and gas industry needs a chief story officer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Storytelling is a powerful way for the industry to build trust with the folks who consume its products
Pay it Forward gang rides Calgary’s Plus-15 to the rescue
Reading Time: 3 minutes A handful of heroes are riding selflessly to the rescue of oil and gas folks in distress in downtown Calgary and beyond
Every energy source – even renewables – has a downside
Reading Time: 3 minutes Renewables present a range of challenges that will one day draw the same criticism the oil and gas sector experiences now
Rachel Notley wise to close off the LEAP chatter
Reading Time: 3 minutes The LEAP Manifesto is a paean to an imaginary world that is, in a counterintuitive way, dismally pessimistic