Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making.

Long-term 10

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement. Gratitude for help received encourages paying it forward and helping others, as Nat Bulkley and I documented in a large-scale study.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

She didn't initiate the conversations by tugging on the professors' heartstrings, highlighting SHE's efforts to improve girl's and women's lives, but rather by challenging the scientists to help her solve a complicated new chemical engineering problem. This elusive component is something that behavioral economists are beginning to document.

Franchising 14

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

Instead, the Commission's focus in the report is on the immediate causes of the explosion and on the individual and collective failures of BP (owner), Transocean (rig operator) and Haliburton (construction services) to assess and mitigate immediate risks — and to have effective crisis response plans. (It

Analysis 14

Analysis Report Operations Document 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

They also advise companies to use business process management software to map and document process flows and how work should be executed and to monitor performance. Chemical company Air Products has adopted nearly every approach for sustaining improvement from all four religions.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Pepsi Refresh failed because it had no relevance to the brand’s operations or heritage. Given AmEx’s operations, consumer base, and resources, it’s well positioned to do so. First, we need to win credibility , not by paying lip service to the concept of authenticity, but by truly earning our mission. Let me explain.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. All the major players in the personal care product value chain — the giants of consumer products, chemicals, and fragrances — were there (as was I).

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

billion in subsidies included solar panels, chemicals, pipe, steel wire, wheels, wind towers, and kitchen appliances. Despite recent trade conflicts, the European Union, Japan, and the U.S. have been quietly working to develop another agreement containing rules to restrain Chinese subsidies. In recent years, U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8