CEO MONTHLY / CHAIRPERSON AWARDS 2023 5 Mar23134 have great pride in what I have achieved.” Tell us more about your industry at present. Are there any particular issues/ changes that are affecting it, and how do you combat these issues? “Two things are threatening the world, wrote Paul Valery, the order, and the disorder.” “Companies around the world are passing through an authority crisis since the beginning of the 2000’s. We all believed for a longtime that authority meaning was power over others, titles and positions, things that made authority to be hated. The relationship to work is broken, bruised and lost its importance. At the beginning of the 90’s 60% of the OCDE people were finding work as a fundamental element of their existence. 30 years after they’re only 22%. “Today’s workers do not recognize themselves anymore in the phrase: “work is life”. We need to relearn, through work, to vibrate, emancipate ourselves, create relationships, the OCDE countries are particularly concerned by this. This erosion of authority and leadership in companies is also visible in the civil society. The web and digital have turned everything upside down. “We need to bring back the human and mentorship values, the need to have new generations driven by the dream of achieving new heights. COVID and remote work have massively accelerated the loss of identity and work relationships, creating a false religion of autonomy. Humility is equally essential, knowing how to surround yourself by people more talented and gifted than yourself is paramount.” “I see the world changing especially in the context of Energy transition. There is room for innovation and new ideas. I see many points which were not of interest 10-15 years ago being on the forefront of the industrial landscape now. A lot of new developments are on the table, the key question is how many of these initiatives will be executed and what percentage of these will have a positive and profitable outcome. “As there is a sense of urgency, I also observe much more collaboration across industrial segments. The big question is how the subsidies are distributed, as innovation is something that small companies are well aware of, and unlike large companies, they often have less to lose and a more entrepreneurial, agile decision making, no internal politics, risk-taking culture meaning they are more likely to really push the envelope when it comes to innovation. “New technologies like machine learning, AI and IoT will affect somehow, sooner rather than later, our industry and many others. We already use a lot of data analytics for our decision making, and it’s a tremendous help for an agile, fast-track and also a good decision making.” With regards to the future of your business, where do you see EWES in 2024 and beyond? What are the next steps in your own career? “We will become an important company in the energy transition, mainly on the green hydrogen and ammonia, globally. In the beginning of 2023, we published a patent to produce green hydrogen and ammonia and we are in discussions with multiple organizations globally, for future cooperation on the subject. We are confident that we will finalize some of them very soon, allowing us to start multiple projects around the world. “We are also supporting different initiatives in diverse segments, and all have a common objective develop and deliver efficient, costeffective solutions to existing and future challenges listed by the United Nations. As a company we are really proud of the support we have provided to all our clients and start-ups and of all the projects we have launched. “Mentoring the next generation of leaders and CEOs is an extremely important mission for me. I consider that, after 35 years career at executive level, we have a moral obligation to do this, mainly as a small business, as we realize that many big corporations are absent on this important mission. I had the chance to have a handful of mentors at the beginning of my career, I’d like to do the same for young talent wanting to put their imprint on the future of the industry. “I will also finalize major cooperation agreements on our green hydrogen and green ammonia patent and projects that we have imagined through our readily deliverable feasibility study. This means we will be part of the front runners to finalize some very meaningful operations and projects in the green energy space globally.” Company: EnviroWave Enterprise Solutions Email: constantin.ionesco@ ewesllc.com Web Address: www.ewesllc.com Photo taken by Matthieu Ionesco – Founder of MVISION PRODUCTIONS, Houston
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTUyMDQwMA==