Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

At the Chemical Heritage Foundation's recent seminar on advanced materials innovation, a half-dozen R&D leaders collectively commanding billions in spend couldn't have been more excited about the market potential for their new materials. Potential innovation benefits are literally not worth it. Money can change everything.

Innovation 11

Innovation Budgeting Chemicals Seminar 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Jamming has become a popular way to unearth innovations — bringing together people of many different backgrounds to creatively brainstorm around a company's competitive challenges, expressed as "problem statements." If your company is one, you may be interested in our experience at the European Center for Strategic Innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Blue Ocean Strategy Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

Across industries, companies are using the vast amounts of user-generated data to guide innovation of new products and services. And understanding the why is critical to innovation. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz posits that all of our behaviors are imbued with socio-cultural significance. A Wink or a Twitch?

Trends 15

Trends Chemicals Marketing Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” But companies will need new positions as well.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

This is a positive trend, but one that can actually backfire when a CEO has too many eggs in the share price basket. Require CEOs to hold reasonable — but not excessive — levels of stock, and over a longer time frame. Rational decision makers should have balanced incentives in order to make balanced decisions.

TSR 10

TSR CEO Incentives Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The senior leadership team of 35 was dominated by Dutch men. How did he do it?

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. If it is positive, it’s thumbs up, if it’s negative, it’s thumbs down. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve already mentioned the historic Paris agreement, but there are more positive steps worth noting. 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. days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8