Skip York · Strategist · Energy economist · Author
Strategy for decisions that last decades.
Skip helps leaders in energy, mining and other capital-intensive industries turn long-horizon strategy into plans their teams act on.
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He works with CEOs, boards and leadership teams whose decisions tie up capital for decades — in energy, mining and other capital-intensive industries.
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Mind the Gap : How Leaders Bridge Today’s Position to Tomorrow’s Aspirations
A practical framework for leaders whose decisions have long-term consequences.
“Skip York provides the definitive toolkit and the distilled essentials to get you and your organization on the way to winning and achieving your purpose.”
A strategist who has made the calls he writes about
Thirty years inside long-horizon decisions: at Exxon, McKinsey and Wood Mackenzie, and as head of commodity strategy for BHP’s petroleum business. Today he is a nonresident fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute, chief energy strategist at Turner Mason & Company, and founder of DSC Advising.
30+
years on the strategic issues shaping energy and mining
$30B
in petroleum assets repositioned under his BHP strategy
2
California Assembly testimonies
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Insights on strategy and energy
Skip’s latest thinking on strategy and energy markets, from the Insights archive.
Mind the gap.
Then close it.
Pre-order Mind the Gap today, publishing January 5, 2027.