Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The ceramic filter is a clever and innovative technology that is widely utilized across various industries today. For example, in advanced coal-fired power plants it is used to stop the gas turbines from becoming damaged. Not only is this possible, but filtration under chemical aggressive conditions is achievable too.

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Industry Chemicals Comparison Efficiency 50

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 28, 2016

More than once, I've seen rules and laws in social systems (such as businesses and societies) being compared to mathematical rules and natural laws in physical and chemical systems. And, with a bit of self-organization, this should also result in creativity and innovation. Well, almost. But not quite. Is it because of a rule?

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Chemicals Document Learning-by-Doing System 120

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you’re an existing business, it’s not too late to turn things around, however, as Danish energy company Ørsted did when it rebranded from DONG when it focused on wind power and renewable energy. For instance, chemical giant Dow has been focusing its efforts on environmentally friendly construction and industrial safety.

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Cooper Long-term Politics Energy 97

Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

The innovations that allow us teleconferencing, emails, and phone conversations wherever/whenever should increase our free time, but ironically, they’ve just turned our 40-hour work week into a 140-hour work week and caused us to ignore the most innovative, powerful tool in our leadership arsenal: our bodies.

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Leadership Mayo Chemicals Learning-by-Doing 182

CO2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The idea is to engage both sides of the brain , to increase innovation. The answers to one-footed questions provide facts to engage, but fails to engage the person or apply innovations. How does your brain refuel for finer innovation? How could you benefit from the innovative power of laughter? Boring to boot!

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Chemicals Innovation Learning-by-Doing Motivation 79

Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

is a multibillionaire who started a chemical company from scratch and grew it into a $12 billion enterprise. For a number of years, Enron was cited as one of America’s most innovating and daring companies. Learn the specific habits shared by the most successful people and leaders on the planet in my free report The Power of Habit here.

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Welch Chemicals Open-book Strategic Planning 92

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. 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.” They’re free to innovate and create market-differentiating, competitive ideas.

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CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. While innovative, it was sad. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. He has spent many years learning to connect and communicate with other people more effectively. Makes no sense. Never show again. Get Email Updates

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Engineering FAQ Video Self-aware 199

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

In an era of intense globalization, rapid demographic change and accelerating technological progress, the best companies for leadership recognize the value of innovation, putting it at the heart of their corporate culture and using this targeted, focused innovation to drive shareholder value and improve efficiency.

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Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

Intelligence should drive better innovation, but unless it is strategically collected and used, it functions like a summer beach novel — an engaging distraction. Thoughtful companies intertwine customer intelligence throughout the three phases that characterize most successful innovations. Want more intelligent innovation?

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Innovation Chemicals Price Learning-by-Doing 15

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Black Enterprise Magazine ‘Top 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America’ and ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America’. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. ’ Game.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

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.

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Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Innovation success stories are all strikingly similar: a bright idea, supported by a zealot-innovator who sees it through. This is especially true for business model innovations — when the new idea is not a product, service, or technology but a different way of engaging with the customers and earning revenue from them.

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Business Model Innovation Company Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. And as customers use Blast IQ and contribute more of their own data, over time, the company will have a large enough dataset to train more powerful machine learning models.

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B2B Chemicals Venture Funding Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. This vexing global challenge causes me to wonder, “What if the world’s innovators turned their sights on solving this problem?

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Drucker Apparel Chemicals Globalization 9

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?

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Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

They alert us to the risks of eating unhealthy foods, smoking cigarettes, taking prescription drugs, driving cars, using power tools, and performing many other activities. A label may read, for example : “WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer.”

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Chemicals Mass Marketing System Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

While there are numerous factors in such a massive shift away from business formation, one of the most powerful has to be the consolidation of multiple economic sectors toward a handful of firms with hegemonic power over their industry. So allow me. In the guitar business , too. How does this consolidation impact entrepreneurs?

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Pharmaceuticals Banking Chemicals Trends 11

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Businesses in all industries must take note and must take action, and with these top innovations leading the way the future is indeed looking brighter. The Rise of Sustainable Innovation. Sustainable innovation has arisen for two main reasons: Public Awareness. Top Sustainable Innovations to Be Aware Of. Pineapple Fabric.

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Innovation Fashion Chemicals Environment 51

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But I think the interesting part comes when they start to see it as an opportunity for innovations that are financially beneficial as well as socially beneficial. The result will be innovation. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator,” stated Francis Bacon. As with many clusters, a university sits at its center: founded in AD 1088, the Studium of Bologna was the major educational innovation of Europe’s second millennium.

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Education Pharmaceuticals Innovation Industry 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. It misses the "thick" understanding that is critical to meaningful innovation. But data mining does not equate to developing "customer intelligence."

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Trends Chemicals Marketing Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Miniature wells patterned onto the paper contain chemicals that react with samples of blood, urine, saliva, or sweat, which causes the paper to display a reading with a change of color. Claro Dx developed a next-generation battery-powered reader the size of an iPhone to detect HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis, for example.

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Marketing Chemicals Resistance Guidelines 11

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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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But innovating for sustainable development is actually quite close to the processes of “traditional” innovation. Unlike the case of the latter, where the benefits of innovation accrue mainly to the company, here the benefits are shared widely, potentially even with competitors.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

They do so by building powerful growth engines. In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. A few companies, however, do succeed in growing year after year.

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Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

after chemicals). In much of the 20 th century, technological innovation produced products that had plenty of room for improvement, opening up opportunities for high-end disruption. Innovation Strategy' To produce radials, the U.S. Long story short, Michelin took over 50% of the entire tire U.S.

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Disruptive Innovation Technology Industry Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Powering one 60-watt bulb for 12 hours a day over the course of a year can require 3,000 to 6,000 gallons of water — enough to fill a large tanker truck. Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries.

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Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

A chemical company identified seven key process performance measures for each of its seven "value chains." Give the process owner organizational power. Brad Power ( bradfordpower@gmail.com ) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. Without them, they won't make it.

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Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Attacking "other" greenhouse gases , those that can be much more powerful warming agents than CO2, such as methane (which comes from animals/farms, natural gas leaks, and landfills) and HFCs (the class of chemicals used in refrigerants). In other words, costs for energy will potentially rise if your power is heavily coal-dependent.

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Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

Japan is in a state of crisis at present , but its future may be in safe hands judging by the manner in which the country's young people have rallied in the aftermath of the earthquake, the tsunami, and the nuclear power crisis that struck on March 11, 2011.

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Crisis COO Chemicals Transportation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Once prediction became cheap, innovators reframed driving as a prediction problem. In contrast, the value of film-related chemicals fell – we wanted less of them. Other new applications for cheap arithmetic include communications, music, and drug discovery.

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Film Cost Technology Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Core metrics naturally acquire power in an organization, but people might not be aware of how they can bias decisions. Companies should also learn from innovators in other markets, considering how those metrics might translate to their own businesses. Power by the hour aligns customers and suppliers. Unit sales don’t.”

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Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

thanks to its highly technical metal and chemical industries. Yet if the IT experience is any indicator, full adoption of a powerful technology can take a generation, and come after years of delay. For example, Germany deploys over three times as many robots per hour worked than the U.S.,

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Productivity Products Cost GDP 8

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. Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957.

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Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Once one of the most powerful companies in the world, today the company has a market capitalization of less than $1 billion. ” For Kodak, that’s the difference between framing itself as a chemical film company vs. an imaging company vs. a moment-sharing company. Why did this happen? An easy explanation is myopia.

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 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.

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