Why Planning Managers Now Control $20 Billion Energy Decisions

Why Planning Managers Now Control $20 Billion Energy Decisions Summary The article profiles Valentin George Cretu, Project Planning Manager at TotalEnergies, and explains how integrated planning turned the Mozambique LNG scheme — a US$20+ billion project — from a near-cancellation into an approved, job-creating megaproject. Cretu used systematic risk management, stakeholder alignment and a tight […]

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Regulatory Reset: How deregulation is disrupting trucking in 2025

Regulatory Reset: How deregulation is disrupting trucking in 2025 Summary The first year of a broad deregulatory push under the Trump administration is remaking the US trucking industry. Changes span stricter English-language enforcement, rollbacks of proposed speed limiter mandates, federal challenges to California emissions rules and faster progress toward autonomous truck trials. Regulators, industry groups […]

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Why Cognitive Science Needs Phenomenology: Rethinking the Epistemology of Consciousness Through Intuitive Dualism

Why Cognitive Science Needs Phenomenology: Rethinking the Epistemology of Consciousness Through Intuitive Dualism Summary This essay argues that intuitive dualism — the natural tendency to treat mind and body as distinct — is an empirical feature of human cognition that must be taken seriously by both philosophers and scientists. Rather than settle metaphysical disputes, the […]

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Timor-Leste joins ASEAN as 11th member: What this means for the country and the bloc

Timor-Leste joins ASEAN as 11th member: What this means for the country and the bloc Summary Timor-Leste officially became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after signing the Declaration of Accession at the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 26 October. The accession caps years of reforms, capacity-building and […]

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Joint guidance on Microsoft Exchange Server security best practices – Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Joint guidance on Microsoft Exchange Server security best practices – Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Summary The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has joined the US NSA and CISA and Australia’s ASD/ACSC to publish joint guidance on best practices for securing on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server deployments. The guidance stresses prevention and hardening measures — focusing […]

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Amazon announces $2.5B upskilling initiative right before company cuts

Amazon announces $2.5B upskilling initiative right before company cuts Summary Amazon has launched “Future Ready 2030,” a $2.5 billion commitment to upskilling current employees and people outside the company. The programme expands the existing Career Choice offering to cover all salaried U.S. workers (hourly staff already had access) and funds degrees, certificates and training in […]

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