Engage with Energy

Meagan Reed, Engage's Director of Marketing, sat down with Ashley Donnini, CEO and Principal at Lola Link Consulting LLC. In this interview we learn about Ashley's role in helping clients with everything from adopting new regulations and practices to leading paradigm shifts across the value chain from breakthrough operational technologies to pipeline safety management systems.

Learn more about Ashley and connect with her on LinkedIn at 

We're back and bringing you interviews with the best of the best in the Energy Industry! Meagan Reed, Engage's Director of Marketing, sat down with Elizabeth Cook, Director of Advanced Grid Systems + Grid Modernization at Duquesne Light. In this interview we learn about what Liz is working on in her current role and how she incorporate her passion for helping others and serving the greater good within and outside of her career.

Learn more about Elizabeth and connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-cook-phd-b7764747.

On today’s podcast, Don sat down with Bill Fuoco, director of Business Development at Engage Energy & Industrial Consulting, to answer some questions about common themes we are seeing in the industry, and where we see opportunities for 2021.  

In his role,  Bill has the pleasure of speaking with business leaders everyday about the issues that are impacting their business. Certainly, in the industries we serve – Energy, Utilities and Oil & Gas, we are seeing several common issues: The Energy price environment, The Covid-19 pandemic, A new Presidential Administration, Increased Merger activity, Getting back to the basics of sound Asset Management, and a focus on Sustainability. 

Our topic of conversation today is Quality Management Systems in the Oil and Gas Horizontal Drilling industry. A Quality Management System is a framework that optimizes internal processes and policies for the continuous improvement of quality. 

The approach builds on clear documentation of roles and responsibilities, procedures for each function, then continuously evaluates those processes for quality. Quality management is not just about eliminating errors or prevent them from recurring. It’s also about corporate culture. Ignoring small issues increases risk. And accepting failures inhibits an organization from pushing quality requirements out to vendors and other suppliers.  

Deep Well Services is one of the few companies in this industry that has earned the American Petroleum Institute (API) Q2 and the International Standards Organization (ISO) quality management system accreditation.  

For more information go to EngageEIC.com

Here with us to talk about Corporate Social Responsibility, Jobs and Economic Development is Ken Zapinski.  Ken is Director of Research and Public Policy for Pittsburgh Works Together. Pittsburgh Works Together is a business-labor alliance that believes the path to sustainable prosperity for everyone is a diverse economy that includes traditional industries alongside tomorrow’s emerging technologies.

How do we get people to recognize the value of a change initiative as much as we do? In other words, how do we win them over? 

In this episode, Founder Don Racey explains the Engage approach to getting buy-in from those on the front line of an organization undergoing change. At Engage, change management comes down to one word: Empathy. Empathy is your ability to put yourself in the shoes of someone else, and to see an issue from their perspective. 

This episode is devoted to Change Management. Regardless of what type of project or initiative you are trying to get accomplished, change management is a critical component in ensuring the success of your endeavor. Judy Johnson is the Vice President and Director of Organizational Effectiveness for Aspirant. Aspirant is a Pittsburgh based management and technology consulting firm. Judy’s team combines deep expertise in organizational effectiveness and behavioral science with the latest technologies and machine learning advancements to deliver real-time solutions that improve workplace performance and business results.

In this first episode of Engage with Energy, Don Racey introduces himself, and speaks about the current climate and challenges of dealing with change management.