Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

But data mining does not equate to developing "customer intelligence." In prioritizing parents' deeper needs, our client regained market leadership. Trends can be identified more quickly and precisely than ever before. Human behavior is nuanced and complex, and no matter how robust it is, data can provide only part of the story.

Trends 15

Trends Chemicals Marketing Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. 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.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Select process owners with strong leadership skills and develop those skills even further. She lacked experience in managing process improvement, so she hired a small consulting team to help her develop those skills. A chemical company identified seven key process performance measures for each of its seven "value chains."

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Appointing a COO is a recent trend on the continent. 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

OCTOBER 28, 2014

At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand. Competition Leadership Retail'

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So, rather than take up valuable list real estate with these perennial favorites and big-picture drivers, I'll quickly list them in one big bucket of mega-trends: The rise of the consumer around the world, related to. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Walmart is phasing out 10 toxic chemicals in the products on its shelves, and HP set a carbon reduction goal of 20% for its supply chain. Executives at Unilever credit their ranking to the company’s known leadership on sustainability. It’s hard to argue the point.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. What does this mean for workforce learning and development? In particular, we see several interesting developments: Technology-supported peer learning is disrupting the old paradigm. Development, not deficiency, is motivating learning. Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 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. Big themes are great, but periodically a specific example of leadership seems worthy of extra attention.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8