Remove Chemicals Remove Innovation Remove Operations Remove Stress
article thumbnail

Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. There are frameworks emerging and opportunities for companies to work with others to understand the value of water relating to reputation and operational continuity.

Energy 8
article thumbnail

What Work Looks Like for Women in Their 50s

Harvard Business Review

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. This was followed by an eight-year “plateau” in her thirties, running training for the French operation, when she had her three children. New mental skills emerge.

Career 8
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

They also stressed organizational learning (meaning, capturing the methods of Lean so that other parts of the organizations could adopt them). Chemical company Air Products has adopted nearly every approach for sustaining improvement from all four religions. Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

article thumbnail

The Eight Archetypes of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

I was once asked to facilitate in a group coaching intervention for the leadership team at the subsidiary of a large chemical company. She was at sea, however, in a more operational role. The innovator: leadership as creative idea generation. What can be done to prevent a situation like the one with Kate?