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Accidentally Adamant: A Story of a Girl Who Questioned Convention, Broke the Mold, and Charted a Course off Map
FOREWORD BY JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, GOVERNOR OF COLORADO
Accidentally Adamant is Tisha Schuller’s story of passion for the environment, finding common ground with strange bedfellows, and explaining fracking until blue in the face. It chronicles her time at the helm of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association during one of the most contentious times in Colorado’s long history of resource development. It is a story of being brave, overcoming significant missteps as a leader, and consistently returning to what she wanted to accomplish. em>Accidentally Adamant shares a story of leadership challenges for women and provides readers from many backgrounds and interests a new perspective on the contentious environmental issues of today.
Accidentally Adamant is Tisha Schuller’s story of passion for the environment, finding common ground with strange bedfellows, and explaining fracking until blue in the face. It chronicles her time at the helm of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association during one of the most contentious times in Colorado’s long history of resource development. It is a story of being brave, overcoming significant missteps as a leader, and consistently returning to what she wanted to accomplish. em>Accidentally Adamant shares a story of leadership challenges for women and provides readers from many backgrounds and interests a new perspective on the contentious environmental issues of today.
318 pages, Paperback
Published April 18, 2018
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Tisha Schuller
6 books4 followersTISHA SCHULLER
Consultant, Speaker, Writer
Principal, Adamantine Energy
Tisha splits her time between writing, consulting, and public speaking. Her experience spans environmental consulting, company advocacy, policy, politics, and academia. As principal and founder of Adamantine Energy, Tisha works to transform energy policy and politics around the world. Tisha serves as Strategic Advisor to Stanford University's Natural Gas Initiative and is a non-resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. In 2017 she chaired the Stanford NGI Symposium to reduce energy poverty in the developing world using natural gas. Previously, Tisha served as President & CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association and as Principal and Vice President with Tetra Tech, a national environmental consulting and engineering firm.
She has a B.S. in Earth Systems with an emphasis in Geology from Stanford University. Tisha is proud to serve as the Chair of the Executive Board of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Red Cross, and serves on several boards including the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Butterfly Pavilion, the Breakthrough Institute, and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, an advisory board to the Secretary of Energy under both the Obama and Trump administrations
www.tishaschuller.com
www.energythinks.com
@tishaschuller
Consultant, Speaker, Writer
Principal, Adamantine Energy
Tisha splits her time between writing, consulting, and public speaking. Her experience spans environmental consulting, company advocacy, policy, politics, and academia. As principal and founder of Adamantine Energy, Tisha works to transform energy policy and politics around the world. Tisha serves as Strategic Advisor to Stanford University's Natural Gas Initiative and is a non-resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. In 2017 she chaired the Stanford NGI Symposium to reduce energy poverty in the developing world using natural gas. Previously, Tisha served as President & CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association and as Principal and Vice President with Tetra Tech, a national environmental consulting and engineering firm.
She has a B.S. in Earth Systems with an emphasis in Geology from Stanford University. Tisha is proud to serve as the Chair of the Executive Board of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Red Cross, and serves on several boards including the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Butterfly Pavilion, the Breakthrough Institute, and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, an advisory board to the Secretary of Energy under both the Obama and Trump administrations
www.tishaschuller.com
www.energythinks.com
@tishaschuller
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April 27, 2019
2.5 stars
This book has many interesting ideas. But it also has just as many flaws. I like that she shows how and why her view on energy and environmentalism changed, I like that she tries to shed light on very different sides of the energy space and doesn't vilify anybody.
I like that she writes about being open to compromise, talking equally to people and see everyone as a concerned citizen, even though they look like an activist. But I dislike that on the other side she talks in a very dismissive tone about most environmental groups and is very sure that her way of thinking is the right way.
By the way, if you are one of the concerned citizens, how should you see the representative of the oil and gas industry, even though they look like profit oriented non-humans?
My answer to that: Of course, they are human with feelings, friends and families. Treat them that way, most of them are quite intelligent and know what they are talking about...
... but I would argue the same for many people working for environmental groups.
I greatly disliked the oh so many typos, bad and inconsistent sources to more information and where is that appendix?! Did they forget to print it? And I especially disliked the dismissive left formatted sentences and thoughts. Some of those were alright but if you write "Oh reader, I'm sorry to break your heart!" in any section of your book explaining something, you really have to think your readers are stupid and have never constructed a thought of their own.
Anyway. This book was interesting but her writing not my style. It's about a controversial topic, without being polarizing, but you might not agree with everything she said. And I think that's a good thing.
This book has many interesting ideas. But it also has just as many flaws. I like that she shows how and why her view on energy and environmentalism changed, I like that she tries to shed light on very different sides of the energy space and doesn't vilify anybody.
I like that she writes about being open to compromise, talking equally to people and see everyone as a concerned citizen, even though they look like an activist. But I dislike that on the other side she talks in a very dismissive tone about most environmental groups and is very sure that her way of thinking is the right way.
By the way, if you are one of the concerned citizens, how should you see the representative of the oil and gas industry, even though they look like profit oriented non-humans?
My answer to that: Of course, they are human with feelings, friends and families. Treat them that way, most of them are quite intelligent and know what they are talking about...
... but I would argue the same for many people working for environmental groups.
I greatly disliked the oh so many typos, bad and inconsistent sources to more information and where is that appendix?! Did they forget to print it? And I especially disliked the dismissive left formatted sentences and thoughts. Some of those were alright but if you write "Oh reader, I'm sorry to break your heart!" in any section of your book explaining something, you really have to think your readers are stupid and have never constructed a thought of their own.
Anyway. This book was interesting but her writing not my style. It's about a controversial topic, without being polarizing, but you might not agree with everything she said. And I think that's a good thing.
January 7, 2021
I didn’t know what to expect from this book but I read it on the suggestion of a friend who is also in the O&G industry. The author is a former CEO of Colorado Oil & Gas Association which is comprised of about multiple industry companies with ownership in Colorado. What I loved about this book is how the author demanded she dive deep to develop her position. Historically she thought she was a hippie democrat left wing liberal who hated O&G but as she established her core values and asked herself hard questions she developed a better forward position of what “energy” looks like. This is a must read for every user of any product as it probably includes petroleum product. Energy density must be considered. A really good interesting read!
January 6, 2019
A must read for women who lead in the oil & gas industry. I found myself nodding along and genuinely feeling like I had finally found a way to articulate my feelings about the industry and myself. Loved this!
October 3, 2018
Accidently Adamant is an excellent book for women in leadership positions. Throughout, Schuller gives the reader a look inside the challenges and travails of having a top position in a highly male-dominated industry. In addition, the book challenges the reader to think broadly about political divides, climate change, the environment and the world’s energy sources. I highly recommend it.
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