A closing China meets a scrambling West—and the balance of power looks different up close. We sit down with our Shanghai-based correspondent, Steve Croll to unpack how the city that once courted foreign CEOs now moves confidently without them, and why the assumptions that guided two decades of outsourcing no longer hold. From Hong Kong’s electric past to today’s tighter controls, the story tracks a deliberate strategy: master the tech, shift management in-house, then narrow the aperture for o...
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A closing China meets a scrambling West—and the balance of power looks different up close. We sit down with our Shanghai-based correspondent, Steve Croll to unpack how the city that once courted foreign CEOs now moves confidently without them, and why the assumptions that guided two decades of outsourcing no longer hold. From Hong Kong’s electric past to today’s tighter controls, the story tracks a deliberate strategy: master the tech, shift management in-house, then narrow the aperture for o...
Episode 33- Smarter Buildings, Real Impact. Part 2 from Switzerland
The Greenfield Report with Henry R. Greenfield
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Episode 33- Smarter Buildings, Real Impact. Part 2 from Switzerland
An 800-year-old bridge in Lucerne sets the scene for a forward-looking conversation about buildings that think for themselves. We bring together architect-CEO Jojo Tolentino and digital twin leader Tim Goring to unpack how open BIM, Siemens Building X, and AI-driven integration move design beyond handover into real operational impact. The theme is simple and urgent: you can’t correct what you can’t measure, and the biggest sustainability gains live in day-to-day operations. We dig into Europ...
The Greenfield Report with Henry R. Greenfield
A closing China meets a scrambling West—and the balance of power looks different up close. We sit down with our Shanghai-based correspondent, Steve Croll to unpack how the city that once courted foreign CEOs now moves confidently without them, and why the assumptions that guided two decades of outsourcing no longer hold. From Hong Kong’s electric past to today’s tighter controls, the story tracks a deliberate strategy: master the tech, shift management in-house, then narrow the aperture for o...
