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. Resource constraints mean organizations have to use less stuff. Resource constraints mean organizations have to use less stuff. Insight Center.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

I’ve been in contact with Heiny and her team at Target over the last year about the program she helped build to drive product innovation and more sales. The list of no-no ingredients is long — 1,600 chemicals tracked or regulated by NGOs and governments around the world. So why are sustainable products surging now?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Since the industrial revolution, we have been able to get away with relying on natural resources to raise our standard of living. But as these resources become scarcer and more expensive, we need to find new ways to create a more sustainable environment. This was the focal point of the recent Paris Climate Summit.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Engineering Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Continuous light interface production , or CLIP, uses chemical reactions to better control the transformation of liquids into solids. This technology starts with a plastic or metal powder, but instead of solidifying the powder with a laser, it uses chemicals sprayed from 30,000 tiny nozzles at a rate of 350 million dots per second.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Technology Industry Film 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The lure of establishing an organization that uses market mechanisms to achieve its mission is substantial. Some innovative and determined professionals working in world's largest and most complex corporations are choosing to stay put and use their corporate platforms to lead change. Some have decades of experience in their industry.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

He highlights the short-term focus of financial markets and of political systems, and also the need to change consumer preferences and habits, as three big areas that need to change at the system level. The result will be innovation. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Companies are also experiencing risks in their manufacturing due to resource depletion – particularly water. Fostering innovation. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technologys pavilion will demonstrate "industrial energy savings and the comprehensive use of resources." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2011

In misguided attempts to boost productivity and direct innovation, managers can kill both creativity and passion — the intrinsic motivation required to stay deeply engaged in work — by destroying people's autonomy. Failing to draw on that knowledge is a lamentable waste of resources.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Creativity Micromanagement Wilde 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. Once one of the most powerful companies in the world, today the company has a market capitalization of less than $1 billion. Why did this happen?

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 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. You’re working on a new venture and you know you’ve got to create a plan to execute it.

Planning 8

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Metrics tried and proven over years become a guide to what’s important, driving resource allocation. As Carlos Tavares, chair of PSA Peugeot Citroën, explained to me, “Unit sales will remain important, but this shouldn’t be our driver… To be ready, we must experiment and learn as markets change.”

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

True, emerging market countries are getting better at what they do, and even Europe is on the upswing. If it were up to me, I’d put more resources into space exploration.) This may all change as China innovates and grows. Yes, we have competitors eager to – how do they always put it? – eat our lunch.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Magazine Pharmaceuticals Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Most innovation teams inside large companies are set up to operate like well-oiled machines. The problem is that while this approach enables large-scale production, it doesn’t seem to work for innovation. The problem is that while this approach enables large-scale production, it doesn’t seem to work for innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Team Chemicals Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In most companies, marketers are in charge of assessing the competition. Because of this, close to 60 percent of all competitive intelligence professionals report to marketing. Yet the majority of marketers fail to use their competition analysts strategically, instead using them to gather more “recon” data.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How can we create $12 trillion a year in market opportunities by 2030? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 10

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Their marketing departments. Marketing promotions don't resonate and can't be tied to measurable results. In particular, getting customers to market and sell for you. These approaches are often beyond the reach of traditional marketing mindsets and practices — that's why I'm addressing the CEO. Here's how.

CEO 8

CEO Airlines Marketing Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals. We live in an integrated network on a single planet with limited resources. is very low in the near-term).

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 14

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. This has led to the spread of affinity groups, or employee resource groups (ERGs). How did he do it?

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. These companies are notable victims of a new reality: resources are constrained and input prices are fundamentally rising. China, China, and China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The companies that occupy the limelight are typically diversified giants that achieve growth through constant expansion into new markets and the introduction of additional product lines (just think P&G, GE, and Microsoft). Quick test: name one company that does one thing and does it very well.

Succession 8

Succession Simon Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

I studied cross-functional teams in industries including communications, software, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, agricultural, chemical, manufacturers, retail, utility, consulting, internet software, government, insurance, and banking. Every project should have clearly established goals, resources, and deadlines. You and Your Team.

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Team Project Software Engineering 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. With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Tech experts' sage predictions had convinced me that the Mac would never make a dent in the PC market. While there's much chatter in the management world about the need to be adaptable, only a few creative companies and innovative managers have probed the natural world for its adaptability secrets.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Real Estate Brand Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

All too often, when marketers talk about their “social strategy,” they really mean a digital marketing strategy implemented on social platforms, rather than using social dynamics to benefit their business. Pepsi actually lost market share and fell to number three in the cola wars for the first time in modern history.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to executives surveyed by the Collaborative, access to difficult-to-find technical or functional expertise, speed, flexibility, and innovation are the top five drivers of using talent outside your organization. This in turn has given rise to innovative cross-organizational collaboration in learning of a variety of forms.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2017

It has “bet the company” on AI, says the New York Times , committing huge resources and scooping up many of the leading researchers in the field. Entirely new business lines and markets will spring up, which will, in turn, give rise to still more innovation. And its efforts have borne fruit.

Technology 8

Technology Software Learning-by-Doing Training 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. For some, it’s about the commercial opportunity to appeal to a new or growing market of rights-focused consumers.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8