PRACTICAL HELP for BUSINESSES, MANAGERS, and STUDENTS

As a manager, Jonathan Scott tripled productivity, reduced costs by up to 40%, and increased net profits by over 50% at the businesses in which he served. He also pioneered multi-million dollar projects in parts of the world where they previously did not exist and improved one business so much it was later acclaimed (and documented) as ‘the best in the country’. To date, Scott has accumulated over 28 years of work experience in eight different countries, turning around three insolvent businesses along the way (one occurred in a war zone). Currently, he is working to spread the message of industrial sustainability and helping businesses around the world cut costs, create jobs, and minimize waste.

If you're interested in having Jonathan Scott add to your university curriculum or workplace training program, click onto the Management Education Services icon at the top of this page for information about the Office of Business and Industrial Productivity, Sustainability, and Waste Assessment.


Jonathan Scott is one of the very few educators out there who has not only walked the walk, but who also bases his work on the needs and wants of business people as opposed to the solipsistic interests of the academic community.
Ivan Hernandez
Associate
Korn/Ferry International


Business Efficiency

Click on either icon below to download your free copy of the acclaimed, peer-reviewed book Managing the New Frontiers

When a business becomes more efficient:
  1. it reduces its costs
  2. its profits increase
  3. it decreases its carbon emissions and pollutants
  4. it becomes more appealing to customers
  5. and it increases its chance of survival in the marketplace

Managing the New Frontiers is also avaliable as a free download from the websites of:
the University of Surrey (Guilford, UK) www.ces-surrey.org.uk
the Birla Institute of Management Technology (New Delhi, India) www.bimtech.ac.in
the Product-Life Institute (Geneva, Switzerland) www.product-life.org
Kozminski University (Warsaw, Poland) www.kozminski.edu.pl/index.php/en/

If you have a question or would like information about seminars, workshops, and courses (at your business or university) on the subjects of efficiency, sustainability, and waste minimization, contact:

Student Internship Program

In conjunction with the Product-Life Institute (Geneva, Switzerland), approximately 10 to 12 carefully vetted students are being offered the chance to enroll in an internship program designed to provide hands-on experience with waste minimization as a means of understanding the importance (and broadness) of sustainable business development.

To date, we have shown over 80 businesses (the majority are SME's) in eleven countries how they can save a combined total of PLN 5,036,944 (€1,159,985; $1,623,533) per year by reducing waste and wasteful practices (a first step toward sustainability).

Would you like to join us?

Qualifications for entry into the internship program include:

  1. maintaining a high grade point average,
  2. successful completion of the course Managing the New Frontiers,
  3. a profound and dedicated interest in efficiency, sustainability, and waste reduction,
  4. a willingness to commit to hard work, and,
  5. the proven ability to conduct (and complete) individual assignments as well as perform structured, professional assessments with others as part of a team.

Please note that this internship program is assignment-based, which means that students are assigned work challenges that are expected to be completed over the course of one year in compliance with a given deadline.

In general, the work involved encompasses two stages.

Stage 1: students are required to translate research documents, case studies, and education information into other languages for the world's business communities. (In lieu of translations, some students will be asked to help market, distribute, and promote translated material.)
Stage 2: includes the completion of a comprehensive training program that involves conducting efficiency and waste reduction evaluations in a variety of business settings (manufacturing, retail, office, etc...).

The overall purpose of the program is to help businesses help themselves reduce waste and energy needs, cut costs and raw material use (without decreasing quality), and create the potential for job growth -- with the added bonus of reducing pollution and toxic emissions.

Please contact the program director (Jonathan Scott) for more details. Click here for a list of students who have accepted the PLI Internship challenge. Because of their proven interest and commitment they are the first to be selected for this program.