Archive Issue
Volume 1, Number 4
Executive
Perspective
The Role of International Oil Companies in the Future
Malcolm Brinded, Executive Director of Exploration and Production for Shell, answers the question of whether international oil companies have a role in a changing industry confronting new challenges, with growing dependence on more-difficult-to-find resources and the pressing need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
How
Companies Attract and Retain Talented Engineers
Whose Spouses Have Careers
Dual-career couples are becoming increasingly common in the oil and gas industry. How do companies succeed in attracting and retaining engineers whose spouses also have professional careers?
Plugging the Skills Gap
Neil Macklin, Director of Offshore Marine Services, an international oil and gas marine and drilling support service contractor, discusses his company’s strategy for developing indigenous work forces.
HR Perspective
Talent Retention and the International Assignment
Neill M. Carson, president and CEO officer of International Assignment Profile Systems, discusses how the emerging technology of preassignment matching provides cost-efficient resources that enhance the success of both the business and the human side of international assignments.
The Talent & Technology Interview
A conversation with Chad Deaton, CEO of Baker Hughes.
The
Long View
Sharing Cross-Industry Experiences
Kevin Wiltshire of the Renault-Nissan Institute believes the energy industry could learn a lot by benchmarking against other industry sectors to see how companies approach the daily complexities of running a successful and profitable enterprise.
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