The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

While I was in the Navy and learning to become an Engineering Officer, I learned about the specific margins that were built into both the submarine and the engineering plant to ensure safe operation. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Never show again. Get Email Updates

Engineering 169

Engineering Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Chemicals 169

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. You hoard information : Knowledge is power.

CEO 161

CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. Unleash the power of iconic heritage brands.

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Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 97

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. Unleash the power of iconic heritage brands.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We create the seeds, the traits, and crop protection chemicals that help farmers produce more food using fewer resources.” billion in sales) provides huge economies of scale throughout the operation, especially in production, fixed overheads, distribution and marketing. Unleash the power of iconic heritage brands.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I remember a time when she had to have a major operation to correct a life-threatening condition. The procedure upset her hormonal system, which caused a chemical imbalance in her brain, leading to depression. This monumental effort to improve her condition took several years, and she learned some powerful skills along the way.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Black Enterprise Magazine ‘Top 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America’ and ‘50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America’. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Former CEOs / Advisors.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

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. The company has made significant efforts to improve store operations with their impressive energy efficiency work and the purchase of more solar power than any entity in the U.S. besides the military.

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Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He is the author of two best-selling books on the topic: “ The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership ” and “ The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle “ We met in front of a group of students from Hope College’s Center for Faithful Leadership. That’s powerful.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He is the author of two best-selling books on the topic: “ The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership ” and “ The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle “ We met in front of a group of students from Hope College’s Center for Faithful Leadership. That’s powerful.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

This enables engineers to fine-tune a “high-resolution blast” so that it produces more predictably sized rock and dirt for subsequent loading, hauling and grinding, which together account for most of a mine’s operational costs.

B2B 8

B2B Chemicals Venture Funding Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 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

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals.

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. During the past two decades it has transformed into a provider of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power management solutions.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

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. Diagnostics developed for emerging markets must be rugged, resistant to wear and tear, simple to operate, and temperature-resistant.

Marketing 11

Marketing Chemicals Resistance Guidelines 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nevertheless, companies that live and die on operational excellence — such as Amazon.com, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart — must continually improve their key processes. A chemical company identified seven key process performance measures for each of its seven "value chains." Without them, they won't make it.

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Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

For example, [Andrew] Liveris talked about the focus Dow [Chemical] has on great chemistry and designing new sustainable product lines and being willing to cannibalize existing products. For example, installing a rapidly deployable flood barrier around your campus can help keep your buildings operational during megastorms.

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Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. Our goal is to power all new data centers with 100% clean and renewable energy, relying more heavily on wind and solar farms.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Rather than concentrating on the on the top 50 leaders, global companies need to develop hundreds, even thousands, of leaders comfortable operating in a variety of cultures. With flatter organizations and decentralization of power, corporations must develop savvy global leaders capable of operating locally and globally simultaneously.

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Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 14

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.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

The most frequently cited motivation was the mitigation of business risk from potential disruption of operations, supplies, or reputational damage, cited 38% of the time, followed by the motivation to adhere to industry norms of transparency, traceability, environmental responsibility, and other accepted standards, cited 27.6% of the time.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

It''s a lawyerly, exhaustive, exhausting rundown of all the things that could possibly weigh on the earnings of a giant global bank, from regulatory changes to loans going bad to a liquidity crisis to the possibility that "one or more of its employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure."

Banking 8

Banking Crisis CEO Long-term 8

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

JULY 25, 2011

Of all the headwinds we face as decision-makers, the power of one overshadows all others: our need for certainty. One sperm will be the first to pierce the egg's outer wall, triggering a chemical reaction that makes the egg's wall harder and impenetrable to competing sperm. We are not hardwired to suspend judgment.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Uncertainty Operations Resistance 15

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. For example, while we were one of the early companies to develop an ‘order online, pick up in store’ service capability, it took us years to launch because of the fear we’d slow down store operations.

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Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2012

However, the chemical formulations weren't intended for hand washing and could cause abrasions or burns. For example, four years ago the Indian company Godrej & Boyce was working on an idea for a small, battery-powered refrigerator to reach the 80% of Indians without refrigerators.

Innovation 15

Innovation Chemicals Price Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

In our opinion, which of the two is the more successful depends on the context in which the business operates. For example, the local connectedness of emerging market conglomerates is one of the main reasons why many Western firms, in industries as diverse as electrical power and insurance, set up joint ventures with them.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

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. The board of a large chemical company we also worked with took a very different approach.

Business Model 8

Business Model Innovation Company Chemicals 8

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. Articulating a "nobler mission" for a company is a big motivator for employees and a powerful weapon in the war for talent. Sustainability Talent management'

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I would go even further to contend that multinational corporations— more than governments, and more than NGOs and nonprofits—have the human and financial capital, technology, international footprint, power of markets, and financial motivation to solve the world’s most daunting problems.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Health Care Resources Education 8

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 12, 2018

The results of these studies, captured from subjects operating under real or near-real conditions, has put the nature vs nurture debate on leadership to rest. Some other posts you may enjoy: A Timely Reminder Of The Power Of Empathy In Leadership Empathy in Leadership – 10 Reasons Why It Matters Are You Creating A Toxic Workplace?

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Organization Self-aware Stress Leadership Styles 247

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

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. Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions. Why did this happen?

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We found the same to be true for chemical formulas (and other research has shown that brain scans and scientific jargon operate in a similar way). Awareness of the persuasive power of such devices is a good first step. Graphs have a scientific halo—we associate them with science and objectivity.

Press Release 8

Press Release Participative Pharmaceuticals Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The innovation of the Bolognese silk makers was to operate the Lucca machine with a hydraulic wheel, instead of by hand. Long before the Industrial Revolution , Bologna used this combination of hydraulic power and technology to bring silkworm farming to Europe at scale.

Education 8

Education Pharmaceuticals Innovation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

They do so by building powerful growth engines. Finally, on rare occasions, you may offer a truly disruptive product or service — one that redefines your industry, as genetic engineering of plants redefined the agricultural chemicals industry and music streaming redefined recorded music.

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Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8