Building Personal Strength

MAY 16, 2011

in chemical engineering. He and Janice lived a goal-driven life, deferring family until they were financially secure. To his credit, his commitment to hard work achieved the results he wanted, which gave him the confidence to continue in this direction as he began adult life. After his Air Force stint, he used the G.I.

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Chemicals Sports Banking Construction 84

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. during the assembly.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

The goal was to jointly reinvent the customer’s data management system. In the B2B space, companies tend to be driven by specific business goals and priorities. Commitment and expectations were high. This was the experience of the chemical company BASF and Daimler Buses. Here’s an example.

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B2B Innovation Company Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In B2B customer collaboration, however, the customer tends to be driven by specific business goals rather than passion for your brand or product category. Commitment and expectations were high. Recently, the German chemicals giant collaborated with another chemicals company. But the workshop flopped.

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B2B Workshop Chemicals B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Many companies, big and small, are examining their own commitments to sustainability in light of America’s shift. It’s time for sustainability to be a real goal for businesses striving to ensure a competitive future. Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. Business Leaders Want to Stay in the Paris Climate Accord.

Project 8

Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2014

And serotonin, that feel-good chemical at the heart of the Prozac revolution, bonds teams together more powerfully than the best-intentioned offsite. But really understanding what makes these chemicals so powerful requires diving deeper into their impact on motivation, learning, and creativity. Let’s take them one at a time.

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Environment Chemicals McKinsey Creativity 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2011

They have very conflicting goals, causing us to start, stop, re-start, etc. In our research across industries as diverse as consumer products, chemicals, and high tech, we found many knowledge workers whose extensive expertise went untapped and whose initial excitement about tackling challenging projects got deflated.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Creativity Micromanagement Wilde 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Dow Chemical (#19) is another firm that encourages employees to move functionally and geographically to gain new perspectives on the business and build capabilities for independent thinking and problem-solving. At Dow Chemicals (#19), risk-taking is not only accepted, it is encouraged, which helps the company to stay agile and innovative.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The company has made increasing commitments to renewable energy as part of its aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals (30% by 2020). I expected a more typical answer about achieving GHG reduction goals or doing the right thing. Why are they doing so much on renewable energy?

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals. By setting clear standards and releasing data, these collaborations help show the market which firms are committed to ESG and which ones are shirking.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In consumer packaged goods, SC Johnson has sourced raw materials from farmers in Rwanda, partnered with local providers to improve hygiene and sanitation in low-income urban communities in Kenya, and chosen to eliminate harmful chemicals from its production processes in spite of the negative consequences for its market share.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

Procter & Gamble is famous for its deep commitment to these kinds of anthropological approaches. However, the chemical formulations weren't intended for hand washing and could cause abrasions or burns. Since the goal is learning, companies should ensure they keep tests simple and focused.

Innovation 15

Innovation Chemicals Price Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Our goal is to power all new data centers with 100% clean and renewable energy, relying more heavily on wind and solar farms. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. That’s why we’re so committed to releasing all of our projects as open-source. Andrew Liveris.

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Russia’s industrialization also means that the market offers substantial opportunities in diverse B2B sectors such as mining, oil and gas, metallurgy, chemicals, light industry, and consumer durables. Their goal is to lower product prices to gain market share away from competitors who import into the country.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Instead, it would serve as a connector, recruiting local business leaders to commit to helping entrepreneurs. He’d been the one to suggest that Unamano aim to quadruple the revenues of the small businesses it targeted, an audacious goal given the long odds facing any emerging-market start-up. An Acute Need.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Leadership commitment and support. A successful health promotion program starts with a commitment from company leaders, and its continued success depends on ongoing support at all levels of the organization. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. This, of course, takes time and support.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

When I ask corporate leaders why they are committed to preventing serious injuries and deaths among their workers, most say they care about their employees and don’t want to see anyone hurt. I was pleased with our meeting, feeling like she had made a real commitment. HBR STAFF/CSA Images/BW Archive Collection/Getty Images.

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Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 16

The Recovering Engineer

JUNE 27, 2010

When you are in public, show your support and commitment to the organization’s vision and mission. You simply should not stay in an organization, especially as a leader, if you do not support the organization’s goals. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S.

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Leadership Engineering FAQ Video 248

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? The goals, a set of 17 stretch goals and 169 related targets championed by the United Nations, are ambitious. ” Incrementalism has its uses, but it is worrying to see even committed business leaders treating the goals as an incremental change agenda.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

chemicals, metals and mining, paper and forest products), made out worst, scoring poorly on "firing" and "leveraging diversity," and not much better on "assessing talent" and "developing talent.". We know that organizations commit enormous resources and effort to talent management, so why aren''t they doing a better job?

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

In pursuit of this goal, I committed Desso to becoming 100% Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products.

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

states ), committed to a 600% increase in renewable energy by 2020. peers, at least publicly, to commit to higher safety standards. Companies are aiming higher, for themselves and their partners: Dell, Coca-Cola, Lego, and many more set very aggressive environmental and social goals. Companies are increasing investments as well.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

One of our key findings was that teams functioning more like machines – blindly following highly defined processes and execution plans — were the least effective at achieving their goals and coming up with innovations. and respond to chemical signals allows these relatively simple creatures to form such complex units.

Innovation 8

Innovation Team Chemicals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Do marketers have a commitment to act in the face of climate change? Fifty-six percent of the combined 173 companies in the Fortune 100 and Global 100 have set greenhouse gas reduction goals. After all, we've worked hard to sell a lot of the stuff that's polluted our world. What's our role now to help change things?

Marketing 8

Marketing Energy Globalization Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

Instead, the Commission's focus in the report is on the immediate causes of the explosion and on the individual and collective failures of BP (owner), Transocean (rig operator) and Haliburton (construction services) to assess and mitigate immediate risks — and to have effective crisis response plans.

Analysis 14

Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

Europe’s union took a potentially fatal blow, while North America committed to a deeper relationship: Canada, the U.S., and Mexico issued a joint commitment to building a clean economy. The biggest commitments are: Generating 50% clean power by 2025. So the goal is tough, but achievable. must lead on renewables.

Energy 8

Energy Price Cooper Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

An offshoot of We Mean Business, the RE100 group — which launched with founding members including Philips, Nestle, Mars, Swiss Re, and IKEA — committed to using 100 percent renewable power. also committed to 100 percent renewables by 2020 (Disclosure: I’m on advisory boards for both RE100 and for Unilever U.S.).

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

In this moment, running through the details of the agreement itself, which commits nearly every country in the world to significant energy and carbon reductions , is not vital. The Dow Chemical Company. According to reports, President Trump is expected to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. Allianz SE. BROAD Group.

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Letter Chemicals Banking Video 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

One high profile example is Walmart’s commitment to source an additional $250 billion in products made, assembled, or grown in the United States. Of the major manufacturing sectors, only chemicals, food, and beverages and tobacco products saw a meaningful increase in the number of firms. Advances in manufacturing technology.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The authors then show how to best execute specific initiatives, test major project assumptions, and develop a culture that values disciplined experimentation and learning over meeting mindless and unrealistic goals. A new company’s advantage is that it doesn’t have that to fight against. It’s much more common than it used to be.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Every country committed to action in the form of the Paris Agreement. With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. Debates about climate change melted away. Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8