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...entrepreneur," explains Ashoka's founder and chairman William Drayton, a Yale Law School graduate, "is to see where society is stuck and to find a new way around it." In Drayton's view, there is no difference between those who use their skills in business and those who use them in the pursuit of social goals. More and more people agree. As economic, social and political pressures blur the boundaries between the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds, a new breed of do-gooder is emerging, one that uses techniques and tools honed in the workplace to tackle social...
American industry has always used weather forecasts to gain a competitive edge. Farmers started relying on predictions in the Old Farmer's Almanac as far back as 1792. But as the 21st century starts, the use of weather data as a business resource has been propelled by trends in the competitive marketplace, such as just-in-time inventory and the barely-in-time demands of dual-income family shoppers who wait till the first chilly day to buy a coat. Then there are industry changes, such as the growth of a few key airline hubs and the deregulation of utilities...
...Business practices that have evolved in the past decade make intelligent use of weather data a necessity," says Mike Smith, president of WeatherData, a commercial meteorology firm in Wichita, Kans. Smith cites the development of just-in-time inventory--a system in which businesses keep little or no overstock on hand. Instead, they place orders as needed, relying on speedy delivery to meet demand. The practice saves on storage costs and expensive markdowns, but it leaves companies at the mercy of delivery systems and the weather that can, literally, derail them. When a huge airline hub like Chicago is slowed...
...powers of the office 49th out of the 50 governorships--which makes Texas "a perfectly good training ground for the [weak] Executive power of the presidency," says Bruce Buchanan, professor of government at the University of Texas. As with the President, the Governor's success depends on his use of the bully pulpit and his relationships with legislators. "Bush recognized that," says Laney, "so he wanted to work with us from...
...personal relationship before the issue comes up." He dropped in unannounced on legislators, gave them nicknames and bear hugs and backslaps, went to pancake dinners and football games in their districts. He wasn't just making nice. He was reminding them that he had a mandate and meant to use it. One lawmaker calls this "a velvet hammer. It's a guy thing...