Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. And on and on.

NGO 14

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

At the Chemical Heritage Foundation's recent seminar on advanced materials innovation, a half-dozen R&D leaders collectively commanding billions in spend couldn't have been more excited about the market potential for their new materials. He wasn't being glib. They don't want geeks and nerds undermining those relationships.

Innovation 11

Innovation Budgeting Chemicals Seminar 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The lure of establishing an organization that uses market mechanisms to achieve its mission is substantial. The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. Some are recent graduates.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 12, 2018

The results of these studies, captured from subjects operating under real or near-real conditions, has put the nature vs nurture debate on leadership to rest. Better leadership is emerging as the defining quality that governs the ability to attain positive outcomes and get the best performance possible out of teams.

Organization 247

Organization Self-aware Stress Leadership Styles 247

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Where was its leadership bench? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Why are so many companies struggling with a crisis of their leadership bench? food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes. McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

My client (a different chemical company) later had a similar explosion. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. Prevention of leaks in customer information and losses in company market position. Crises can have many liabilities upon companies, including loss of profits and market share. Body of Knowledge.

Crisis Management 75

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 75

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

This may seem like a regional story, but it has global ramifications for manufacturing, consumer goods, the energy industry, and much more. The clean tech markets keep growing fast: three of the world’s biggest economies — the U.S., Germany, and Walmart — add lots more renewable energy.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The military continues to lead the way on energy and climate. For over 200 years, from Thomas Malthus to the Limits to Growth gang, many people have made the case that it won't be long before we'll run out of food, energy, materials, and on and on. Markets have a remarkable way of sorting the wheat from the chaff.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2015

” In more recent times, a British chemical engineer named Paul Thomas pronounced a vision “that one day we will be able to detect a previously undetectable tumour metabolising inside a human lung simply by asking a patient to breathe into a device.” Of course, this type of quantification is essential for business success.

System 8

System Long-term Chemicals Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

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. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8