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Putting People First: The Promise of Human Centered Capitalism

Let's Grow Leaders

and owner of ChemBlend of America, discusses human centered capital, and the importance of compassion, empathy, and resilience in leadership. She attributes her success to embracing every part of her past, a belief that reveals the essence of a leadership style that treats setbacks as stepping stones.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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The Traits of Socially Innovative Companies

Harvard Business Review

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

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Just How Important Is Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. Making parts for an iPhone is a challenging mix of materials science, mechanical engineering, precision fabrication, and managing mind-boggling complexity in the supply chain.

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Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

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.

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How to Help Process Owners Succeed

Harvard Business Review

And they need process owners (who may variously be called VP of Customer Experience, SVP of Supply Chain, Chief Engineer, or Value Stream Leader, for instance) to lead these initiatives. For example, Air Products set up process owners for each of the major steps in its supply chain, including plan, source, make, build, and fulfill.

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The Future Economy Project

Harvard Business Review

And what type of leadership will take us there? Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical. Regardless of your views on the who, what, when, and why of climate change, the pursuit of sustainable processes up and down supply chains can translate into immediate savings — and opportunities for innovation. Marc Benioff.