Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, discusses the 120-year-old company’s ambitious sustainability agenda. He says an environmentally driven business model is good for the earth—and the bottom line. Liveris is one of the CEOs contributing to Harvard Business Review’s Future Economy Project , in which leaders detail their company’s efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Download this podcast. Sustainability Audio

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Chemicals Download Business Model Review 13

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Leadership Podcast leadership culture performance chemicalPaul Zak is the founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

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Chemicals Teamwork Company Review 77

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 27, 2013

John Butman is founder and principal of the idea and content development firm Idea Platforms, Inc. and author of Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas (Harvard Business Review Press 2013). He has worked with leading consultancies, CEOs, and senior executives of major companies including members of the Fortune 50, […].

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Chemicals Content Consultative Review 109

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 28, 2012

I agree with Peter Drucker that no business, regardless of what the federal government does, can expect much control over the major forces shaping the world. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rick Wartzman for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine “The Drucker Difference” series. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and [.].

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Drucker Uncertainty Chemicals Article 109

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2011

Bob's blog entries "Black Belts" Brad Power Business Process Management (BPM) Chemical company Air Products four process improvement "religions" General Electric Harvard Business Review blog Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts Kaizen Lean Lean "senseis" Lean Enterprise Institute Michael Hammer Motorola Shell Oil Six Sigma the Toyota Production System Toyota Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

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Process Six Sigma BPM Chemicals 113

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Indonesia) Koch Chemical Group Lockheed Martin Sinequanon Group Southern Methodist University Success Mapping: Achieve What You Want.Right Now Arlene Johnson has just launched a new website that combines her own material with material from different sources. I urge you to check it out by clicking here.

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Execution Chemicals Strategy Project 100

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

Some of the 20 companies in the “low” category included Berkshire Hathaway, Exxon Mobil, News Corp, Dow Chemical, and General Dynamics.

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Company Parcell Chemicals Price 60

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In your mostly long-forgotten chemistry class, you learned that a catalyst is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. (OK,

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Chemicals Class Power Article 250

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

in Chemical Engineering at the University [.]. Posted in Leadership Development Each month in our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our Instigators. Recently we featured an interview with Rev. Linda Freeman, who began her career as an engineer with the U.S.

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Chemicals Engineering Newsletter Energy 247

C-Level Strategies

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

redox control of arsenic mobilization in Bangladesh groundwater” Lead hydrogen arsenate was a common insecticide on fruit trees, chemical warfare agents: toxicity at low levels. Hydrogen peroxide production is also increased, Such as wood preservation, 1760 by Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt by the reaction of potassium acetate with arsenic trioxide.

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Chemicals Productivity Products Books 109

Execupundit

MARCH 31, 2014

The reason -- they were going to be pumping actual toxic gas into the building to simulate a chemical attack

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Chemicals Report System Training 141

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Maruwa Electronic & Chemical (Japan). Naotake Okubo, Executive Advisor, Sekisui Chemical. The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) has announced the 2016 Deming Prize winners.

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Execupundit

JUNE 30, 2018

My wife bought some all-natural repellant whose labels assures you it doesn’t contain all these mean nasty chemicals, which is your guarantee that it won’t work at all. Jamee Lileks is enjoying the summer in Minnesota: Sitting outside and regretting it. Skeeters. After the rains of this week, they rose in clouds to roam the land, skeletonizing small children and squirrels, leaving behind sacks of skin sucked dry.

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Chemicals 100

Leading in Context

MAY 4, 2011

Chemicals that alter the brain and other human systems are still frequently being used in food and drink in place of natural ingredients, even though research is showing that they cause major harm to human health. Some of those chemicals alter the brain's ability to signal that the stomach is full, leading to inability to control cravings.

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Ethics Planning Chemicals System 116

LeadStrategic

APRIL 7, 2011

I once worked with a catalyst —in a chemical manufacturing process—called rhodium. It was expensive. In fact, it was approximately 10x the cost of GOLD. Yep, really! But rhodium is nowhere near the most expensive substance in the world. The winner? frontpage

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Chemicals Cost Process 169

Linked 2 Leadership

APRIL 11, 2013

A Chemical Reaction Just like in history, any dictator is often undermined [.]. What is it about management that turns some good managers into nannies? Sometimes the role of a manager or team leader has morphed into something resembling a hall monitor. The problem is this: The more the restriction, the greater the tendency to rebel.

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Chemicals Emotional Intelligence Team Building Team 179

LeadStrategic

APRIL 7, 2011

I once worked with a catalyst —in a chemical manufacturing process—called rhodium. It was expensive. In fact, it was approximately 10x the cost of GOLD. Yep, really! But rhodium is nowhere near the most expensive substance in the world. The winner? frontpage

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Chemicals Cost Process 130

Deep Imprints

JUNE 25, 2014

That was the day I started to get control over these crazy things we call chemically-induced emotions. “If it’s everybody else, it’s probably you.” ” One day I suddenly realized that it was not possible that EVERYONE in my life was against me.

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Chemicals Energy Stress Goal 101

Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, I started thinking about writing a post on the points along the spectrum of clarity in leadership. A couple of days ago, in the wake of the zigs and zags of the U.S.

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Chemicals Leadership Conference 206

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2014

We were meeting with the CEO of a successful chemical company. Known for good service, the company’s leadership recognized that remarkable service was vital to their competitive advantage. Price and product quality have, for this industry and many others, become mere table stakes. “We We know we are going to have to change many of our practices [.] Author information Chip Bell Chip R.

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Chemicals Competitive Advantage Mentor Price 185

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2018

On several occasions in my 30+ years of employment in the aerospace industry, I have witnessed industrial chemicals in full use right up to their respective expiration dates, and then banned from use and tagged for immediate disposal with the passing of the expiration date.

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Quality Chemicals Wireless System 60

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Naotake Okubo, Executive Advisor, Sekisui Chemical. The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) has announced the 2018 Deming Prize winners. Nine companies were awarded the Deming Prize this year (last year 2 companies received the award): Aiphone Co., Japan).

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Deming Chemicals Engineering Technology 83

Execupundit

APRIL 18, 2015

The New York Times : UN sees video evidence of chemical attack in Syria. Wally Bock : How to have a more creative team. The trailer for " The Walk." Peter Robinson remembers Christopher Hitchens. The trailer for " The Driver." Michael Rubin on Thomas Friedman and Iran. The trailer for " Coco Before Chanel." Althouse : Rahm Emanuel, Spike Lee, and Chiraq. Political Calculations reveals his political leanings. FutureLawyer on the thrill of changing watch faces.

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Chemicals Politics Video Creativity 100

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 1, 2016

Industry experience includes healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, gaming, hospitality, chemicals, oil & gas, industrial manufacturing, retail and consumer durables. Scott Whitaker is a Partner with Global PMI Partners and has been involved in dozens of mergers and acquisitions totaling nearly $100 billion in value.

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Telecommunications Chemicals Succession Retail 109

How to Treat Your Employees Like a Dog

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Compared to when we frown, we do not enjoy the same neurotransmitter chemical feelings. · Smile When we smile we smell different because a smile stimulates the secretion of endorphins and serotonin which produce feelings of energy and happiness.

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Chemicals Energy Power Books 52

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 5, 2015

By Michael Lee Stallard and Katie Russell. Are you working on a New Year’s resolution to be healthier? Tis the season for diets, gym memberships, and locating the running shoes that somehow got buried under a pile of other items in the deepest recesses of your closet (we won’t judge).

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Chemicals Tips Workshop Stress 281

Execupundit

JULY 25, 2012

CoolTools : Chemical light sticks. Jalopnik : Jarring video of a go kart accident. The trailer for " The Secret Agent." Michael P. Maslanka : Do vacations, long or short, really refresh and restore ? The trailer for " Looper." Anderson Layman's Blog : A photo of two protesters. The trailer for " Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." Journalism and religion : What the Chick-fil-A boss said. The trailer for " Edison, The Man." Dog bites man : Political prejudice at Yale.

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Chemicals Politics Video Blog 109

Coaching Tip

APRIL 28, 2012

Could a single molecule—one chemical substance—lie at the very center of our moral lives? Research over the past decade suggests that a chemical messenger called oxytocin accounts for why some people give freely of themselves and others are coldhearted louts, why some people cheat and steal and others you can trust with your life, why some husbands are more faithful than others, and why women tend to be nicer and more generous than men.

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Morale System Chemicals Cooper 135

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

response to Syrian chemical weapons dominates this week’s news. By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. The U.S.

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Policies Chemicals Crisis Management Crisis 244

The Leadership Advisor

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

They find their way by using receptors to follow a chemical trail left from the ant in front of them. Occasionally, an ant veers off course and begins to walk in a circle as it looks for food or the chemical trail.

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Leadership Chemicals Efficiency Course 229

The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

At the time, I had a degree in chemical engineering, and I had just completed service as a nuclear engineering officer in the U.S. To help me understand, one of my mentors shared technical data with me that described all sorts of chemical and physical concepts of polymers.

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Chemicals Engineering Cooper Mentor 130

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Every time you learn something new, your mind physically and chemically changes.” – Joe Dispenza Where we place our attention and focus defines who we are.

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Succession Chemicals Long-term Power 263

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 28, 2016

More than once, I've seen rules and laws in social systems (such as businesses and societies) being compared to mathematical rules and natural laws in physical and chemical systems. In social systems, it is the habits of people, not laws and procedures, that can best be compared to the rules and laws in physical and chemical systems. Guest post from Jurgen Appelo: I recently ordered a fruit salad in Raleigh, NC.

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Chemicals Document System Creativity 154

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Fungal spores, chemicals and smoke can be harmful to human health as they create what is called indoor air pollution. Human error is everywhere and often difficult to avoid without implementing the proper tools.

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Stress Chemicals Talent Management Software 158

The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 25, 2016

At the time, I had a degree in chemical engineering, and I had just completed service as a nuclear engineering officer in the U.S. To help me understand, one of my mentors shared technical data with me that described all sorts of chemical and physical concepts of polymers.

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Chemicals Engineering Cooper Mentor 130

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 17, 2018

For complex processes (large chemical plants, complex manufacturing processes…) these ideas are important but most of us will not need to get into these complex statistical engineering ideas. Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004).

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Quality Chemicals Conference Engineering 60

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 13, 2014

I don’t know all the chemical reasons exercise jars the mind, but I know the impact. I recently starting writing periodically for Pastors Today through Lifeway’s blog. This is one of my first posts. 5 Ways Physical Health Impacts My Total Life.

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Chemicals Consultative Motivation Project 203

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Forgiveness reduces stress – It’s a proven fact, forgiveness lowers blood pressure reduces and the production of the stress-producing chemical Cortisol in the blood stream. The holidays are a great time for reflection.

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Chemicals Stress Energy Advice 148

ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I worked at a chemical plant in the early Eighties. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. – Inigo Montoya, character from the movie, The Princess Bride. It was a great day when the personnel department changed the name on the door to human resources.

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Human Resources Resources CIO Maslow 214

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 8, 2018

His corporate clients have included AARP, Dow Chemical, Fidelity Investments, Lockheed Martin, Maytag, National Geographic and State Farm Insurance. Guest post from Larry Ackerman: Change, and the need to keep pace with it, has been a dominant leadership challenge for at least three decades.

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Chemicals Insurance Uncertainty Company 164

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 13, 2017

Formerly the Vice President of Leadership Development for a global oil, gas and chemicals inspection company, Angela also serves as principle consultant for the firm Invested Leadership.

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Leadership Chemicals Definition Globalization 209

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 22, 2017

Formerly the Vice President of Leadership Development for a global oil, gas and chemicals inspection company, Angela also serves as principle consultant for the firm Invested Leadership, a training provider.

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Offshoring Chemicals Benchmarking Construction 186

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

She has served in a variety of roles in chemical plant, office, IT and lab environments.She has taught HR topics at both Delaware Technical & Community College and Wilmington University. Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: ”Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?”

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Chemicals Consultative Organization Positioning 170