ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I worked at a chemical plant in the early Eighties. Projects could be more successful and deliver more quickly if we treated people like human beings. In R&D, organization members developed things to turn into products, presumably so our company could sell them and make more money. I have a Bachelor’s in Comp Sci.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2019

For example, if you run an agricultural business and your customers are interested in purchasing wetting agent chemicals, private label products allow you to focus your efforts on marketing while ensuring your customers receive top-quality goods from a more specialized manufacturer. Reduced Unit Costs. Unit cost is very important.

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The Recovering Engineer

JANUARY 11, 2011

We have our families who have tolerated the long-hours of travel, phone calls, blog posts, article writing, meetings, and website development it takes to get a book written, published, and sold. Even if you think you’re doing things alone, I would be willing to bet that other people are part of making your project or business a success.

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The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Even when the list starts shifting to personal development, task accomplishment and money issues, there are still relationship based items mixed in. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. I’d lump trust and respect and add training and development to the list.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES. Corporate CEOs.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

The program is developed and managed by the SQF Institute. Well, chances are your full-time SQF expert will need assistance when developing an SQF program or in perfecting certain aspects of the program. The final cost will depend on: The scope of the project. What Is SQF? First off, SQF stands for Safe Quality Food.

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The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 18, 2010

Because they work in an environment that is dynamic and rapidly changing, she often has conversations on new projects, initiatives, and ideas. Sometimes, she does not think of every question to ask for clarity and understanding at the time of her initial conversation about new projects with this colleague.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

After the several recent catastrophic industrial accidents within the United States, including the devastating explosions at a Texas fertilizer plant and Louisiana chemical plant, StrategyDriven wanted to help industrial and utility leaders reduce the risk of similar accidents at their facilities.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Learn about the future economy project. Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Learn about the future economy project. Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 12, 2010

He developed a theory that people tend to develop a self-concept based on one of four factors — Dominance, Inducement, Steadiness, or Compliance. Later psychologists and behavioral specialists developed a variety of practical tools to apply Marston’s theory. William Moulton Marston in the 1920′s.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. That’s much more motivating than saying, “I’m going to go to work today and I’m going to sell a can of chemicals.” As leaders, we want to contribute our influence to projects that our tribe members own. And their leaders are doing likewise. Don’t you think?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Some companies could get a jumpstart in their industry in organizing partnerships and even positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable development using the goals as a branding anchor. Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will improve the environment for doing business and building markets. The case is clear.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

While I was working with one team to develop a set of options to develop more talent should the fundamental answer turn out to be "no," another team set out to create a model of the company's projected talent supply and demand. His eventual conclusion? There were no facts to be found. in water softeners.

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Women in the LEAD

AUGUST 25, 2009

.   In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this.     All this adds to the development of a harmonious world.

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Women in the LEAD

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

.   In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this.   All this adds to the development of a harmonious world.   As women, our voices need to be heard.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

The list of no-no ingredients is long — 1,600 chemicals tracked or regulated by NGOs and governments around the world. In total, these brands are projected to reach revenues of $1 billion at Target alone this year. With this level of topline growth, it’s no wonder that Target wants more options.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 9, 2019

If your answer is yes to one or more of these questions, you may have or be developing an addiction that’s tied to dopamine, a type of neurotransmitter in your brain. To put it simply, neurotransmitters are molecules that behave as chemical messengers in the brain. So, what is dopamine and what role does it play in how we act?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

To design and develop new products, it’s not uncommon today to get your research and engineering folks to collaborate with customers and other external stakeholders. Recently, the German chemicals giant collaborated with another chemicals company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2018

invest in ongoing development of capabilities among the sales and pricing teams through training and tools. The value of developing capabilities became evident to a specialty chemical producer with lackluster margins. The episodic “pricing project” approach leaves companies well short of full potential.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We developed dozens of new innovation ideas with managers in the company but the board, though initially enthusiastic, never took the time and energy to engage with the projects, directing their attention on day-to-day operational issues instead. As a result the innovation projects died on the vine. Executing on Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2011

Here's how Sophie described it: I don't understand why R&D kills so many of my projects when I am supposedly measured on new product development! The history of many present managers is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations: For too long, we have had our ideas ignored and our projects micromanaged.

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Chemicals Creativity Micromanagement Wilde 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Moreover, techniques that we have developed with several retailers over the last few years show that analytics are providing retailers a tremendous opportunity to improve revenues and profits. The technique that Ramnath Vaidyanathan and I developed answers these questions. What are the right metrics to use in clustering stores?

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Planning Retail Chemicals Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2020

A good example comes from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, who have developed a robot to try and ensure spaces are kept as clean as possible. We are excited to see the UVC disinfecting robot support our community in this time of need,” says CSAIL director and project lead Daniela Rus.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers.

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Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

The business—a regional construction company with a special expertise in building waste chemical and water treatment plants—has never lost money in its 30 year history, and it''s grown steadily. "So Success was defined as: bids easily won and well executed, satisfied customers, profitable projects, and fun for all.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. Similar wastewater projects in Chinese cities are showing that sludge can be converted into valuable products such as vehicle fuels and organic composts.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

During one of my very first consulting assignments, a colleague and I interviewed direct reports of the Chief Information Officer of a chemical company about improving project execution. You can list the next steps for moving forward, or you can collaborate with your client to develop an action plan.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Data-driven selvesware could help the global project manager hoping to foster greater cooperation and camaraderie within their team. Their selvesware could perform social-network analytics, prioritize project milestones, and draft post-meeting communiqués designed to get their team interacting more with each other.

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KPI Directory Human Capital Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. It’s a technique that any manager can use when developing and launching a new venture. Not so fast.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Campbell, Accenture's Group Chief Executive, Technology, notes, "All too often, I've seen that personal conflicts derail costly projects and important initiatives." Hence, "bad blood" is less likely to develop between co-workers. We have all experienced the damage to productivity, crushed creativity, and squashed morale. As Kevin M.

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Team Management How To Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million.

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Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

The best fit seemed to be an experienced individual from a major consulting company who had also served in an executive position at another multinational firm.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Given that, many leaders opt to have an offsite where a project team meets early in the project to establish strong relationships. In one case, we were told by an Indian developer about the difficulty he was having with his German colleague, who seemed not to like or respect him.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? At the same time, alternative approaches to accessing capital and funding projects proliferated, forcing financial decision-making to become increasingly sophisticated.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2012

I developed these ideas during seminars with executives where we discussed their experiences of good and bad management. Lust is also about vanity projects — investments or acquisitions that make no rational sense, but play to the manager's desires. Edgar Bronfman, heir to the Seagram empire, leaps to mind here.

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