Over the last two and half years we have experienced some of the greatest changes in the history of this country. The economy is only part of it. Every organization has the power and the talent when unleashed will create dramatic change. Here are the key points: - Excess Capacity: Competition is increasing and margins are shrinking - The Impact of Local Businesses on the Economy - The EPA: Friend or Foe - The Impact of Downsizing on Employee Engagement - The Dramatically Increasing Presence of Women in Work - Transforming Your Business by Creating Value

1. BRAVE NEW WORLDS:
Trends & Opportunities in
the Emerging Green
Environment
By
Tom Barrett Copyright © 2011 by Tom Barrett

2. IT’S the ECONOMY

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4. If you’re not confused . . .
…you’re not paying attention.
- Tom Peters

5. Bank
Closures
reach a record
Over 400

6. Nationalized
Banking

8. ... of the 5.1 Lost Jobs
• Almost 80% Lost by Men

10. Excessive
Manufacturing
Capacity

11. Tough-mindedness, a good trait –
was replaced by meanness and
greed – both terrible traits.
Rewards became perverted.

12. The richest people made the
most mistakes with the least
accountability. In too many
situations, leaders divided us
instead of bringing us together.
As a result . . .

13. …the bottom 25% of the
American population
is
poorer than they were
25 years ago.
-- Jeffery
Immelt, Chariman & CEO of
GE
December 9, 2009

14. Nationalized
Banking

15. Nationalized
Manufacturin
g

16. #1 in Research & Development over the
last twenty-five years

17. Emotional Economics
Theory

18. China
The country with the most number of English
speakers

19. The World is Different

22. Excessive
Manufacturing
Capacity

23. World Class
Distribution

24. Excessive
Manufacturing
Capacity
+ World Class
Distribution =

26. Today, sixty-one of the
Fortune 500 companies
come from developing
countries.
Two decades ago it was
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30. It is not the strongest of the
species that survives,
nor the most intelligent, but the
one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin

31. “The over-
borrowing, over-
consuming, and under-
innovation is now in the
U.S. . . .”
-- Antonio van Agtmael
Chairman Emerging Markets Management LLC
October 2007, Newsweek

32. INNOVATE
NOW !

33. I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor;
RICH is
Much Better!
– Louis Armstrong

34. Profits =
Sustainabilit
y

35. Environmental Issues

36. In July 2006, the Massachusetts
legislature narrowly defeated a bill
which would limit household water
use to 65 gallons per person per
day.
The average personal household water
use in the United States today is 78
gallons per person per day.

37. Las Vegas, Nevada is paying
homeowners and business $1.00
per square foot to remove
turfgrass to conserve water use.
Some communities in California are
following Las Vegas.

38. In 2007
17 communities in
Canada have banned
Commercial Lawn Care
Applicators.

39. In 2008
124 communities in
Canada have banned
Commercial Lawn Care
Applicators.

40. In 2009
3 Provinces
in Canada have banned
Commercial Lawn Care
Applicators.

41. In 2011
New Jersey enacted the
strictest fertilizer
restrictions in the nation.

43. Commercial and residential outdoor water use
in the United States accounts for more than
seven billion gallons of water each day, mainly
for landscape irrigation.
But as much as half of that water is wasted
due to evaporation, and poor irrigation
design, installation and maintenance. It’s like
dollars blowing away in the wind
- EPA, June 2009

44. EPA Labeling — “Every dropcounts.” That’s the motto for a new partnership
program called WaterSense that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently
launched to stimulate more efficient use of water in homes and businesses.

45. NEW WATER CONSERVATION
ORGANIZATION TO BE
HEADQUARTERED IN
CHICAGO.
“The Alliance for Water
Efficiency”
CHICAGO (Dec 12, 2005)
EPA Environmental News Release

46. It is not the strongest of the
species that survives,
nor the most intelligent, but the
one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin

47. Wheezer
s
Geezers

48. By age 50, the
average
American will
have lived less
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than half of
their adult life.
—Bill Novelli, 50+: Igniting a
Revolution to Reinvent America

49. AVERAGE NUMBER
OF CARS PURCHASED
PER HOUSEHOLD=13
Average # of cars bought after
the “head of the household”
reaches age 50 = 7
MARTI BALETTI
PrimeTime Women

51. Forget China, India
and the Internet:
Economic Growth
Is Driven by
Women — Economist, April 15, 2006

52. Since 1970
Women have
held two out of
every three
new jobs
created.
— Financial Times
October 3, 2006

53. Although more men
than women graduate
high school,
more women
enroll in
college. – U.S Dept. of Labor

54. Women posted a net increase of 1.7
million jobs paying above the
median salary.
Men posted a net increase of
220,000 new jobs above the
median salary.
WALL STREET JOURNAL.
February 20, 2007

55. WOMEN89%
MEN 11%

56. 2 out of every 3
undergraduate
degrees are
awarded to women

57. IN JUNE 2011
More women were awarded advanced
degrees than men.

58. When UK
couples
purchase a house,
the woman makes the
decision 72% OF THE
TIME.– Financial Times,
November 3, 2007

59. ... of the 5.1 Lost Jobs
• Almost 80% Lost by Men

60. IN February, 2011 more
women were employed than
men.

62. “Women are
the
MAJORITY
market.”

64. It is not the strongest of the
species that survives,
nor the most intelligent, but the
one most responsive to change.
– Charles Darwin

69. If you’re not confused . . .
…you’re not paying attention.
– Tom Peters

72. Just Do It

73. BRAVE NEW WORLDS:
Emerging Trends and
Opportunities in the Emerging
Green Environment
Tom Barrett
P.O. Box 124
Westfield, Indiana 46074
317-674-3494
Tom.Barrett@jtbarrett.com