Terra Incognita: A Navigation Aid for Energy Leaders - Hardcover

Terra Incognita fills a giant gap on our bookshelves. It is filled with important and useful information about the energy industries around the world. Although subtitled A Navigation Aid for Energy Leaders, it deserves to find a broad audience beyond the energy industries. As consumers, we all need to understand the vital choices facing those who work to bring us energy; as citizens, we need to think more clearly about public energy policies. This well-written, engaging book will help us to do so. --Joseph A. Pratt, NEH-Cullen Professor of History and Business "Terra Incognita" fills a giant gap on our bookshelves. It is filled with important and useful information about the energy industries around the world. Although subtitled "A Navigation Aid for Energy Leaders," it deserves to find a broad audience beyond the energy industries. As consumers, we all need to understand the vital choices facing those who work to bring us energy; as citizens, we need to think more clearly about public energy policies. This well-written, engaging book will help us to do so. --Joseph A. Pratt, NEH-Cullen Professor of History and Business

Terra Incognita addresses the forthcoming transition in energy supplies and shift from conventional oil as the strategic energy source. It identifies the leadership challenges ahead and summarizes the lessons learned from interviews with more than 20 energy company CEOs and senior leaders. The structure of the book follows the planning cycle of strategic assessment (Chapters 1-4), strategy development (Chapters 5-7), and strategy implementation (Chapters 8-10) through a leadership perspective focused directly on the energy industry.