15 episodes
ILLUMINATORS Uplight
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2.5 • 2 Ratings
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Illuminators is a show about the people and the forces transforming the business of energy.
Businesses and industries regularly face sweeping transitions. Those transitions are now getting more frequent and volatile as technology cycles speed up.
We'll tell stories about how businesses or industries have managed disruption throughout history. This show will help energy experts learn from the wider world of business, and help business learn about the unique world of energy.
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Origins of the Modern Battery Storage Business
In this episode, we profile a pioneer in storage who proved out the business case for putting big batteries on the grid: John Zahurancik.
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How Failed Green Jobs and Energy Poverty Shaped This Founder
In this episode, we profile an entrepreneur who’s applying lessons from politics, community organizing, and data crunching to clean energy in inner cities: Donnel Baird.
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An ‘Intrapreneur’ Driving the Corporate Clean Energy Revolution
In this episode: an "intrapreneur" who’s managed the clean energy and sustainability strategies of some of the world’s biggest and most complex organizations.
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From Dotcom Bust to Clean Energy Visionary
In this episode: how a forward-looking energy expert saw the macrotrends in cleantech before most utilities, oil companies and investors — and then convinced them it would transform their business.
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How Trust in Companies Is Changing Rapidly
In this episode, we’ll hear about the surprising ways businesses can earn trust — and what happens when they lose it.
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The Birth (and Near Death) of Demand Response
In this episode: how doubts from investors and peers fueled one entrepreneur to co-found a company that changed the way companies manage their energy use — and landed him in the Supreme Court.