strategic analysis - kinder morgan

April 20, 2018

The key to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project lies in the marine spill recovery programs currently in limbo. They're a common win for everyone involved.

Here is a case study summary of my analysis: Case Study

Here is the whitepaper analysis: Kinder Morgan Analysis

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The Canny Valley & Complex Conflicts

We seem to have an instinctive urge to trust GPTs. I call that the Canny Valley. It’s the positive flip side of our negative response to an almost human-like robot, which Masahiro Mori called the Uncanny Valley. This urge to trust GPTs is rooted in society’s current approach to truth, and it has important implications for those who manage or are involved in complex conflicts. As long as human conflict is driven by our own fallible perceptions of the world around us and the sometimes hard-to-fathom actions of others, the Canny Valley is going to make it easier for us to avoid grappling with the messy reality of complex conflicts.

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the sunk cost effect

In this week's New Yorker, business columnist James Surowiecki describes the "sunk cost effect" as the tendency of executives to stay the course on failing initiatives because of the otherwise laudable approach that it's better to see something through than be seen to quit or admit a mistake. Especially when serious money has been spent to get to its current state.

how reframing can enhance public participation in environmental assessment

This is a topic of interest that will support my research into solving environmental conflicts. This article examines how reframing can enhance the quality of public participation in environmental assessment initiatives.

prospect theory and the good friday agreement

This is a topic of interest that will support my research into solving environmental conflicts. This article critically examines Hancock, L. E., Weiss, J. N., & Duerr, G. M. E. (2010). Prospect theory and the framing of the Good Friday Agreement. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 28(2), 183–203), and applies the learnings to my research.

recursive communication in environmental conflicts

This is a topic of interest that will support my research into solving environmental conflicts. This article provides an understanding of the manner in which stakeholder positions are established through the attempt to communicate such positions, and how the differences, and similarities, arise in comprehending the same piece of information?

intractability & framing in environmental conflicts

This is a topic of interest that will support my research into solving environmental conflicts. When looking at environmental conflicts, there is a stream of literature that focuses on the concept of “intractability” and its root causes. This article identifies key characteristics of intractable environmental disputes and the role of framing in understanding, resolving, and making them more tractable.

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