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Walt Strader PMI President and VP Strategic Technology Price Pfister

Leading the Legacy with creative water solutions

Bad Energy Plan; Jimmy Carter nagging the American people that if they would only wear sweaters, turn the lights off and heat down and drive less we would solve the energy crisis. Good Energy Plan; Since Mr. Carter's presidency we have generated energy efficiency improvements which have saved 50% of the energy that otherwise would have been used.  That is more energy than we get from oil, twice what we get from coal or natural gas and six times what we get from nuclear plants (source: "Alliance to Save Energy").
The bad plan relies on conservation. The good plan exploits efficiency. Conservation has a bias for fatalism and negativity.  Efficiency celebrates and rewards individuals for their creativity and initiative in generating solutions which do more with less, not less with less. How do we continue to drive energy savings and what are the parallels to water efficiency?

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Barbara Higgens PMI Executive Director

it's true what "they" say: attitude is everything!

"I feel a little fat. I think I will go out for a run."  I can honestly say that those words have never crossed my lips. My attitude toward exercise is that it is not fun, a real chore and akin to having a root canal.
That is NOT the attitude of my husband's family however, who consider exercise a routine part of life--like brushing your teeth.  And the results show!  I know that I need to reshape my attitude about exercise in order to reshape me!
The agenda of the recent PMI Spring Meeting reflects the power of having the right attitude. (If I can apply the principle in my business life-- why not in my personal life?)  In planning the sessions, we purposely did NOT invite an economist to perpetuate the predictions of doom and gloom in our economy.  We all know and are living the realities. We all read the press stories and benchmark with our own set of indicators to assess the depth and length of the current slump.  While it is equally wrong to bury one's head in the sand, it is important to not pile on and fuel the downward spiral.  I am notoriously a glass half-full person.  I firmly believe that we create our own destinies.  The theme of the Spring Meeting, Leading the Legacy, was all about that.  The spirit of our 2009 PMI President Walt Strader is all about that too.  Let's channel our energy into making a difference instead of moping and wailing.

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