#18 Gordon Lambert – Industrial strength collaboration

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Introduction

For episode 18, I’m joined by Gordon Lambert, retired from Suncor and from a 16-month long assignment as interim CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator. We’ve been having some great conversations recently and I’m looking forward to hearing about what it takes to set up the Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance, the first energy industry collaboration that included the sharing of intellectual property. Please enjoy our conversation.

During this episode we discuss

• Gord’s background
• A view of collaboration
• COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance)
• Collaboration and acceleration
• Collaboration and sustainability
• Alberta’s culture of collaboration
• A book suggestion

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Gord Lambert
• Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
• Oil Sands Community Alliance (OSCA)
• Brundtland Commission – Our Common Future
• COSIA Carbon XPrize
• Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN)
• Clean Air Strategic Alliance
• Book: The Dance of Change: The challenges to sustaining momentum in a learning organization by Peter M. Senge

Now it's your turn

Gordon Lambert is retired, but you might still be able to connect with him through his LinkedIn profile.

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