Presentation at Massachusetts Green Careers Conference 2015

1. Reflec%ons
on
Leadership
Challenges
and
Skills
Green
Careers
Conference
10/1/15
Madeline
Snow
UMass
Lowell
Lowell
Center
for
Sustainable
Produc%on

2. Background

4. Clean
Energy
Partnership
for
Drinking
Water
and
Wastewater
Facili<es

6. Madeline’s
Top
Ten
Ways
to
NOT
be
Successful

7. 1.
Do
it
all
yourself

8. 2.
Assume
there’s
nothing
you
can
do
to
make
things
beDer

9. 3.
Don’t
keep
track
of
results

10. 4.
Don’t
ask
for
ideas

12. 5.
Don’t
be
open
to
new
things

17. 6.
Don’t
ques<on
the
“experts”

18. 7.
Don’t
talk
to
your
peers

21. 8.
Don’t
tell
anyone
what
you
do
or
what
you’ve
accomplished

26. 9.
Don’t
engage
with
regulators

28. 10.
Assume
that
what
we’ve
been
doing
is
not
going
to
change

30. WEF believes that wastewater
treatment plants are not waste disposal
facilities, but rather water resource
recovery facilities that produce clean
water, recover nutrients (such as
phosphorus and nitrogen), and have
the potential to reduce the nation’s
dependence upon fossil fuel through
the production and use of renewable
energy.

33. DO
1. Engage
staff
2. Look
for
opportuni<es
to
improve
opera<ons,
save
money
3. Track
results
4.
Ask
for
sugges<ons

34. 5.
Be
open
to
new
technology
but
6. Ques<on
vendors
and
consultants
7.
Talk
to
your
peers

35. 8. Tell
public
what
you
do
and
accomplish
9. Engage
with
regulators
10.
Look
for
partnerships/
collabora<on
11.
Think
harves<ng,
not
disposal