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03/16/2024

Frac'ing turns 75 on March 17th. And what better way to mark the occasion than with a / St. Patrick's Day giveaway?

Enter to win by 11:59PM (in your local time zone) on March 17th by submitting an entry form at https://ShaleShamrock.com

๐Ÿ€One lucky winner will be drawn on March 18th at 9:00am EDT and will receive the following:

โ˜˜๏ธ4 Guinness pint glasses engraved with โ€œWorld Shale Energy Dayโ€ โ†’ what better way to celebrate organic-rich black shale that has enhanced the lives of countless people around the world than with a pint of rich black Guinness that brings life to any gathering (note: Guinness is not part of the prizeโ€ฆso the winner is welcome to fill the pint glasses with aโ€”preferably darkโ€”beverage of his or her choosing)

โ˜˜๏ธ4 stone โ€œHappy World Shale Energy Dayโ€ Guinness coasters made in West Virginia โ†’ protecting the health and well-being of people and the environment a top priority when developing shale resourcesโ€ฆand protecting your tabletops should be a top priority when enjoying a set of Guinness pint glasses.

โ˜˜๏ธStone-handled bottle opener โ†’ using this unique bottle opener to unlock the potential of a sealed beverage can serve as a reminder of how hydraulic fracturing has unlocked the potential of shale.

โ˜˜๏ธโ€œWorld Shale Energy Dayโ€ socks โ†’ many of us are lucky enough to have amazing shale resources below our feetโ€ฆand what better way to remember that than by sporting a pair of green World Shale Energy Day socks?

๐Ÿ“—'George P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet' Biography โ†’ this hardcover book profiles โ€œthe father of frac'ing,โ€ a renaissance man who didnโ€™t embrace an over-simplified view of the world, an over-simplified view of , or an over-simplified view of .

๐Ÿ“œLimit 1 entry per person; must be 21 or older; no purchase (or viewing of the video below) required; void where prohibited. Find all sweepstakes rules and legal mumbo-jumbo at https://ShaleShamrock.com

08/08/2023

๐Ÿคข You may not have soaked your audience in human waste today...but there's a good chance your words & actions have unwittingly made a few of your stakeholders nauseous in the last 24 hours.

So take a moment to dive into this conversation about the "Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident" of August 8, 2004 and apply 5 tips from today's vomit-inducing anniversary that will help you shift from nauseating to energizing:

1) ๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ: From late-night, non-urgent email requests to evasive-sounding conversations filled with hollow "corporate-sounding" clichรฉs, the easiest way to mitigate the impact of toxic communication releases is to avoid them in the first place

2) ๐‹๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: If you don't stop the ripple effect of toxic rumors among your gossiping front-line leaders, it can cause far more damage than a leaking pipeline or an overflowing tank

3) ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: Revisit your recent emails, meetings, phone calls, etc. and give them an emoji-based "nausea rating" from 1 to 5, where 1 nauseated face (๐Ÿคข) represents minimal vomit-inducing language; and 5 nauseated faces (๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคข) is on par with dumping 800 pounds of human waste on an unsuspecting group of tourists

4) ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ: transform corporate fluff into relevant and actionable messages BEFORE your audience starts coming up with their own (mis-)translations

5) ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐”๐ฉ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ: Whether it's a band who dumps human waste into a river, an company who has an inadvertent release, or a manager who suffers a flare-up of foot-in-mouth disease, owning up to mishaps and rectifying them swiftly gives you a chance to avoid leaving a permanently bad taste in stakeholders' mouths.

All that being said, you can get a taste of other (less nauseating) episodes of 'The Energy Detox' and watch/hear/read/share today's episode by visiting this link: https://www.wittingpartners.com/the-energy-detox/nauseating-leadership

04/27/2023

Do you spend enough time encouraging your employees to steal?

If not, check out this episode of The Energy Detox, where you'll hear:

1) how a theft-based culture can actually be the key to sustained success; and

2) why it's up to you as a leader to implement rules that make it easier for your employees to steal.

Curious where the inspiration for this unconventional advice comes from?

Well, look no further than the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have have used every tool (sword?) at their disposalโ€”including roster construction, data analytics, and MLB's bigger basesโ€”to lead the majors in steals and, more importantly, to lead the National League in wins.

Steal like a Pirate. Lead like a champ.

03/17/2023

As you raise a ShaleRock Shakeโ„ข to the GREEN that weโ€™re LUCKY to have below our feet, take a moment to ask how many leaders you know who are...

๐ŸคขFull of malarkey

๐Ÿ€Over-dependent on luck; and

๐ŸUnwilling to drive the snakes out of their organizations.

โ˜˜๏ธTo help you answer that question and honor today's blending of Shale & Shamrocks, check out this & St. Patrick's Day episode of The Energy Detox:

https://ShaleRockShake.com

12/27/2021

FREE Rapid At-Home (Toxic Leadership) Test!

Are you unwittingly spreading toxicity among your professional and personal stakeholders?

Find out now by taking a simple 3-step test that merely requires answers to these questions:

1 - In what ways are you limiting the growth of those around you?

2 - How might you be protecting yourself at the expense of others?

3 - How sustainable are your demands and expectations?

NOTE: Self-administered tests have a much higher likelihood of false negatives than tests administered by an independent third party...especially if that third party also tests your friends, family, employees, co-workers, and other close contacts.

Additional ways to watch/hear/read/share this and other episodes of can be found here:

https://www.wittingpartners.com/the-energy-detox/rapid-leadership-test

12/23/2021

What's one Christmas "gift" you've received that turned out to be nothing but trouble?

๐ŸŽ A new puppy...that immediately ate all the other presents?
๐ŸŽ A promotion...that destroyed a career?
๐ŸŽ Free cheese...that harmed the health of its lactose intolerant recipients?
๐ŸŽ Renewable energy...that led to a cold, dark Christmas?

On today's live Christmas-themed episode of The Energy Detox, we'll string together the following topics to help you be a more conscious leader...and gift-giver:

๐Ÿ“ฐ The 40 year anniversary of the "Government Cheese" Program
๐Ÿ“ฐ Last month's Strategic Petroleum Reserves headlines
๐Ÿ“ฐ The unintended consequences of renewable

And as always, we'll gift you 3 questions to help you (๐†)๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, (๐)๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ (๐’)๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง success:

๐Ÿ’ก Are you unwittingly growing a stockpile of moldy, smelly, and over-processed gimmicks?

๐Ÿ’ก In what ways might the "gifts" you're giving your employees actually inflicting harm?

๐Ÿ’ก What's one gift you can give your team that they'll actually still use a year from now?

12/22/2021

Are you a โ€œthought leaderโ€ or a โ€œget actual stuff doneโ€ leader?

Well, with the U.S. Department of Energy announcing a new $20 billion "Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations" yesterday, what better time to ask yourself whether you're better at TALKING about your theoretical value or DEMONSTRATING your actual results.

So, to help answer that question, today's live episode of The Energy Detox turns to the personification of CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS: the late Pittsburgh native and OxiClean spokesman Billy Mays.

The headline: ๐ƒ๐Ž๐„ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ

The goal: to (๐†)๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, (๐)๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ (๐’)๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

๐Ÿ’ก Do you have a clean and clear vision of the results your audience expects you to produce?

๐Ÿ’ก How well are you protecting and promoting your prior successes?

๐Ÿ’ก What are all the ways you can demonstrate your current and future impact on the "real world?"

12/21/2021

A Well(ness) Workover for the Darkest Day

If you live north of the Equator, you'll experience the shortest, darkest day of the year today.

If you follow The Energy Detox, you probably expect some friendly reminders and/or bad puns about how the industry helps figuratively and literally brighten the world.

If you follow workforce trends, you've undoubtedly seen headlines about rampant burnout, exhaustion, and anxiety among today's workers.

And if you tune into this live episode of "The Daily Detox," you'll answer 3 questions that will help you address employee engagement, morale, and well-being issues plaguing companies today:

๐Ÿ’ก (G)ROW: What is ONE way you can you better connect with ONE employee TODAY?

๐Ÿ’ก (P)ROTECT: Are you unwittingly widening fractures between corporate "wellness programs" and company ?

๐Ÿ’ก (S)USTAIN: How much time, money, and energy are you wasting on outside "fixes" to workplace burnout, anxiety, & disengagement?

12/20/2021

Does it make sense for an oil & gas operator to spend $1 billion to prevent $30 million in costs associated with fishing, sidetracks, screenouts and other unplannedโ€”yet manageableโ€”events?

Does it make sense for leaders like you to place all your faith in a "foolproof" plan that makes you look like a fool when you're unable to adapt to some unforeseen issue?

While you're likely to answer "no" to each of those questions, you're also likely to spend more time than you should today worrying more about perfecting plans than about perfecting your ability to adapt to changing conditions...especially when it comes to talent management within your organization.

So in this LIVE episode of The Energy Detox, we'll draw upon recent industry news, a recent controversial Joe Rogan podcast, and a few sports analogies to help you ask the questions needed to appropriately balance the PREVENTION of personnel problems with the TREATMENT of talent troubles so that youโ€”and your companyโ€”emerge as a more sustainable leader.

The headline: ๐Ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (by Andreas Exarheas of Rigzone)

The article: https://www.rigzone.com/news/omicron_continues_to_drive_near_term_volatility-17-dec-2021-167335-article/

The goal: to (๐†)๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, (๐)๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ (๐’)๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

๐Ÿ’ก How might your small and stale playbook be limiting your growth potential?

๐Ÿ’ก Are you worrying more about your competition than your customers?

๐Ÿ’ก Have you unwittingly become over-dependent on offense, defense, or special teams?

12/16/2021

Why are you banning fuel sources that could re-energize your organization?

When it comes to investing in yourself, your team, or your company, it's easy to default to a fairly limited menu of training & development options.

But just as the decision by New York City Council yesterday to ban clean, domestic, reliable, affordable, plentiful from new construction will lead to plenty of unintended consequences for NYC residents (at least the ones who don't decide to move out of NY by the time the ban takes effect), your decisionโ€”whether conscious or unconsciousโ€”to limit access to certain resources may be costing you a whole lot more than you realize.

That being said, this live episode of will help YOU avoid unwittingly cutting off access to resources that can elevate you and your organization above your short-sighted competitors.

The headline: ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž (by Emma Newburger of CNBC)

The article: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/15/new-york-city-is-banning-natural-gas-hookups-for-new-buildings.html

The goal: to (๐†)๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, (๐)๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ (๐’)๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

๐Ÿ’ก What are all the resources that can best fuel sustained growth and development?

๐Ÿ’ก Which resources are you unwittingly discouraging yourself or your stakeholders from accessing?

๐Ÿ’ก In what ways are sexy and short-term "solutions" blinding you from proven and sustainable resources?

12/03/2021

"Regret is an appalling waste of energy."

It's safe to assume that the author Katherine Mansfield wasn't referring to the oil & gas industry when she wrote the line above.

But nearly a century after she penned those words, the reality is that regret DOES drain lots of (and time and money and confidence) from leaders and their various stakeholders.

Some of that regret is more headline-grabbing than others:

โ€ข regret over hedges that led to billions of dollars in missed opportunities
โ€ข regret over acquisitions that didn't pan out as planned
โ€ข regret over the failure of corporate gambles (like the gambles Enron's leaders made over 2 decades ago)

And some of that regret is more under-the-radar:

โ€ข regret over choosing a career in a different industry
โ€ข regret over what to rename your O&G company to sound more ESG-friendly
โ€ข regret over drinking too much a company Christmas party

All that being said, every day is filled with potential regrets of all shapes and sizes; and in this live episode of The Energy Detox, we'll dive into some practical ways you can prevent regretโ€”be it regret of a past decision; or fear of future regret as you face new choicesโ€”from slowing you down, wasting resources, and leaving you, your team, or your organization stuck in a ruinous rut of regret.

The headline: ๐“๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐›๐š๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐œ๐ฒ, ๐„๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ (CNBC)

The goal: to (๐†)๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, (๐)๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ (๐’)๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

๐Ÿ’ก In what ways are you unwittingly building a strategy upon a foundation of regret?

๐Ÿ’ก What insecurities are fueling your tendency to dwell on past decisions?

๐Ÿ’ก How can you help others reduce regret and make stronger, faster, and more confident decisions?

12/02/2021

Is your "arbitrage leadership" producing a "triage culture?"

Commodity price swings, extreme weather, CEO retirements, head coaching vacancies, bankruptcies, and Major League Baseball lockouts, can all be VERY disruptive...
..BUT they can also be very lucrative for certain stakeholders.

And in this live episode of The Energy Detox, we'll weave together all those disruptions (and any others you wish you share in the comments) to help you uncover hidden areas where a lack of stability and consistency is threatening your odds of achieving long-term success.

The headline: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ $4.25 ๐š๐ฌ ๐‹๐๐† ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ (Natural Gas Intelligence)

The article: https://www.naturalgasintel.com/january-natural-gas-prices-plunge-back-to-4-25-as-lng-demand-no-match-for-mild-weather/

The goal: to (๐†)๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, (๐)๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ (๐’)๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง success by pondering these 3 questions throughout your day:

๐Ÿ’ก How dependent is your professional and personal growth strategy on chaos and disruption?

๐Ÿ’ก In what ways are you embracing (potentially lucrative) complexity at the expense of your ultimate mission?

๐Ÿ’ก For how long can your stakeholders withstand the hidden costs of unnecessary volatility?

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