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The Grocery Industry Confronts a New Problem: Only 10% of Americans Love Cooking

Harvard Business Review

Early in my career I gathered some data for a client on cooking. Grocers are watching customers make fewer trips to stores, and many chains are in a prolonged price war, with prices declining 1.3% Another way to survive is to raise the price dramatically by going super-premium or by becoming very focused in local markets.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Price Pritchett – Bestselling author of 26 books, which have sold more than 10 million copies, pioneering thought leader on merger integration strategy, corporate culture, innovation and organizational change. and The Career Playbook.

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Four Reasons to Believe in a Second American Century

Harvard Business Review

Early in my career, a lot of commentators were sure Japan was on its way to becoming number one. Instead, we make jet turbines, helicopters, sophisticated airliners and business jets, electric generators, radar, chemicals and plastics, satellites, and all kinds of weapons. Dow Chemical is expanding its investment in the U.S.

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Six Classes Your Employer Wishes You Could Take

Harvard Business Review

Were I advising aspiring top-tier universities — or their students on what they should expect from their high-priced education — the following classes would represent excellent starting points for fundamental curricular reform. Understanding the chemical and material properties of ingredients is, indeed, a science.

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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. In 115 years of existence, its profits have never been so high, nor its share price so strong. He’s celebrating, and DSM is flourishing.

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole. In bond trading, there is no relationship, bond prices today have little to do with bond prices tomorrow, and I could completely change my positions overnight.