The job of a leader is much more difficult than it once was, according to Bill Boulding, the dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Dean Boulding is an expert on leadership — and on this episode of Electrifying AI, he joins host Sal Gill to discuss what leaders in the electricity industry need to focus on for 2021 and beyond. Their conversation spans change management, corporate responsibility, climate change, decarbonization and how the industry can fend off or emerge from crises of leadership and public trust. Plus, Dean Boulding gives us the most extensive suggestions yet for our new Electrifying AI playlist on Spotify! Listen to his playlist picks here, then make your suggestion for a song by tweeting @TheElectricSal. We just might include your pick and send you some Electrifying AI swag to say thanks. Learn more at sas.com/utilities and check out additional episodes of Electrifying AI at sas.transistor.fm or on your favorite podcast platform.

Here are some of the resources we mentioned during the episode:

·      Dean Bill Boulding on Twitter | LinkedIn

·      Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business on Twitter | LinkedIn

·      Duke Fuqua’s website

·      Connect with Sal: Twitter | LinkedIn

·      Learn about Sal’s expertise

·      Electrifying AI Spotify playlist

·      SAS Energy & Utilities on the web

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About our guest:

• Bill Boulding is the dean and J.B. Fuqua Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He serves as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Council on Values and the board of the Graduate Management Admission Council, which is the organization that administers the GMAT exam. He received his BA in Economics from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in Managerial Sciences and Applied Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research interests lie at the intersection of management, marketing and strategy. Of particular interest to Dean Boulding is evaluating how managers make decisions and how consumers respond to those decisions.

About our host:

• Sal Gill heads digital strategy and market innovation for SAS Energy & Utilities. He has worked for major energy companies and seen firsthand how electricity transforms lives, from bringing power to remote communities to pioneering innovations that will accelerate renewable technologies. As the global community continues to seek alternatives to satisfy its appetite for energy, Sal is constantly searching for new ideas that take advantage of both the electric grid, known as the largest machine humans have ever built, and the greatest enabler of our time, data analytics.

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