The final lesson in our four-part series on navigating the intersection of policy and business explores how who you work with is as critical to policy successes as the platforms you advocate.

Having the right skills on your team to equally emphasize business smarts, innovation savvy and policy know-how is the key to navigating the intersection of policy and business.

The success of the Green-e renewable energy certification points the path to a solution that can bring the country's relatively cleaner natural gas supplies to market without polluting the environment around fracking operations.

There is a critical parallel between a national-level need for innovation and new technology and what is needed inside U.S. organizations. This is especially true of incumbent companies in the energy industry (oil and gas and electric power) that want to be competitive in a changing marketplace.