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Coffee Break: Exelon's CEO Chris Crane

‘You must dedicate your own time to supporting innovation. You also need to say when to shut a project down.’

Crane describes how Exelon approaches innovation both from a broad perspective, and in more narrow terms.

Coffee Break: Ameren's CEO Warner Baxter

‘We converted an old garage and turned it into an innovation workspace, the Hub.’

Baxter describes how Ameren established a strong foundation for innovation without making radical changes to incentives, and how companies become more self-sufficient in their innovation.

Energy People: Jim Matheson

CEO of NRECA

The National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc. represents more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives which provide service to 42 million people in 47 states.

Energy Memories: Jackalyne Pfannenstiel

Pfannenstiel died April 26.

Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, the first woman to chair the California Energy Commission, and the first woman to be a corporate officer of Pacific Gas & Electric (VP, strategic initiatives), died on April 26.

Shareholder Activism: Coming to a Utility Near You?

Leadership Lyceum Podcast: A Conversation with Chris Young, Managing Director and Head of the Contested Situations Group at Credit Suisse

Linquist spoke about shareholder activism with Chris Young, a lawyer who moved into investment banking in the technology sector. Young spent six years at Institutional Shareholder Services. Chris joined Credit Suisse seven years ago and leads the Contested Situations Group.