The Next Wave of Innovation in the Chemicals Industry
Strategy+Business
JUNE 4, 2017
The world is potentially on the brink of an age of new powerful materials, fueled by innovation in the chemicals industry.
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Strategy+Business
JUNE 4, 2017
The world is potentially on the brink of an age of new powerful materials, fueled by innovation in the chemicals industry.
BCG
DECEMBER 19, 2016
The chemical industry was once a top value creator, generating a five-year total shareholder return (TSR) above that of every other industry in BCG’s annual Value Creators ranking. Yet some chemical companies have been able to adapt, developing differentiated business models and generating excellent returns.
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BCG
APRIL 19, 2017
Rising concerns about sustainability are making it easier for chemical companies to build a business case for investments in sustainable products and services. Article Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Those willing to step up their strategic ambitions and build up their organization can pursue a variety of profitable opportunities.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
When we externalize our self-worth, we get emotionally and chemically rewarded when we succeed. It’s how we see ourselves and who we perceive ourselves to be. People differ in what they believe they must be or do to have worth or value. This inevitably turns into a never-ending loop in pursuit of instant gratification.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 11, 2023
Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In that job, which he held for 14 years, he won widespread credit for pushing an ambitious sustainability agenda, no easy task at one of the world’s biggest chemical producers.
Brimstone Consulting
JANUARY 13, 2023
The issue is that PFAS do not degrade or degrade very slowly, giving them the name “forever chemicals.” These forever chemicals are found in soil, waterways, food sources, and in our bodies – and they are associated with serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight.
Harvard Business
MAY 3, 2023
How a quiet introvert took on the chemical industry and made the world better.
Seth Godin Blog
MARCH 11, 2024
The aha is actually a chemical reaction, a rewiring of our brain, the moment when we see what we hadn’t seen before and make a new decision based on what we believe to be new information. The purpose of the memo or the table or the graph or the presentation is to create the conditions for someone to make up their own minds.
Organizational Talent Consulting
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
At an individual level, a lack of trust contributes to feelings of: Frustration Rejection Stress Anxiety Depression When we experience feelings of distrust, our body responds immediately at a bio-chemical level within less than a second. Cortisol, catecholamine, testosterone, and norepinephrine levels in our blood increase rapidly.
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
When it comes to the plastics industry, the chemical recycling company Carbios is an instructive example of this delayed patenting strategy. The question was whether they should create their own recycling plant, or partner with other chemical recycling companies.
Organizational Talent Consulting
DECEMBER 12, 2022
BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. We make a lot of the products you buy better.". Verbund (/fɐɐˈbʊnt/) – to combine or to cooperate.
Consulthon
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
The chemical response to risk and uncertainty may be hardwired in our brains, but that doesn’t mean you are either born an innovator or not. Innovative capacity can be learned. Jeff Dyer, Hal Grege.
Seth Godin Blog
AUGUST 11, 2021
That used to involve putting film or paper into a chemical bath. You could have a small influence over what happened, but almost all the work involved setting up the shot in the first place. The goal of the bath was to uncover what was already on the film. Developing today has a totally different meaning.
MishTalk
AUGUST 26, 2013
Secretary of State John Kerry says the use of chemical weapons in Syria is " a moral obscenity ". Mr Kerry said on Monday President Bashar al-Assad’s forces’ responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in an attack which left hundreds dead last week was “undeniable”, cementing a sharp about-turn in Washington’s response to the issue.
Martinka Consulting
JANUARY 16, 2020
He heated a chemical concoction, inhaled it, and figured all was good? He couldn’t imagine burning chemicals could cause bodily damage. Am I missing something? I also see a lot of naivety in business and in the buy-sell world.
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 10, 2013
Simon Sinek gives a ground breaking talk in which he explains the biological drivers of real leadership, and the natural chemicals ( endorphins , dopamine , serotonin and oxytocin ) that enable us to prosper, together. Leadership consulting dopamine endorphins leadership Management Consulting oxytocin real leadership serotonin Simon Sinek'
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 20, 2023
Seven billion people multiplies into a big number… Creating the food we eat has significant climate impact.
Harvard Business
MARCH 12, 2020
How one woman, armed with a pen, took on some of the world’s most powerful chemical companies.
MishTalk
APRIL 8, 2017
Those responding to Mish Twitter polls show serious skepticism about who is responsible for the chemical attack in Syria. Here are the results. more…).
Seth Godin Blog
JANUARY 16, 2021
That might be because the outside world has handed us good news and opportunities, or it might be because the chemicals in our brain are particularly aligned… I think it’s fair to assert that sometimes, our moods are handed to us. But it’s also clearly true that we can do things to improve our mood.
BCG
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Slowing growth rates in the global chemicals industry will only worsen the problem. These disruptions are shifting the balance of power among major regional players and putting many Middle Eastern producers at risk of losing the competitive edge they long enjoyed from cheap feedstock.
BCG
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Slowing growth rates in the global chemicals industry will only worsen the problem. These disruptions are shifting the balance of power among major regional players and putting many Middle Eastern producers at risk of losing the competitive edge they long enjoyed from cheap feedstock.
Comatch
MAY 16, 2022
The most significant impact of introducing a carbon border tax will be on the cost of products with high-carbon inputs, such as steel, aluminum, cement, chemicals, and electricity-intensive processes. EU importers and non-EU producers of these inputs will be required to pay around 75 EUR per metric ton of CO2 emissions.
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 10, 2013
Simon Sinek gives a ground breaking talk in which he explains the biological drivers of real leadership, and the natural chemicals ( endorphins , dopamine , serotonin and oxytocin ) that enable us to prosper, together. Leadership consulting dopamine endorphins leadership Management Consulting oxytocin real leadership serotonin Simon Sinek'
Martinka Consulting
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Most people, city or rural, don’t want chemicals dumped in their water or on their land. Unfortunately, the color is a chemical reaction from ash runoff from a power plant’s industrial dump site.**. But knowledge and caring are two different things. Most want to breathe clean air. So what stereotypes do you have?
Strategy+Business
JULY 25, 2017
Thus far, however, the large incumbent chemical companies have remained aloof from the hive of activity at startups and in academic research labs. This revolution in the understanding of manipulation at the molecular level could reshape a range of businesses, including energy, construction, and manufacturing.
Martinka Consulting
APRIL 7, 2020
I believe workers need to be protected, I don’t want companies or individuals dumping chemicals in the water, on the land, etc. In this case, it means circumventing some regulations and attitudes. Believe me, I’m not anti-regulation. We need to protect people from themselves with seat belt laws, restricting texting while driving, etc.
Tom Spencer
MAY 29, 2013
Happiness releases dopamine, a chemical which stimulates the learning centres in the brain and enables you to operate with more intelligence, creativity, and energy than would otherwise be possible. Are you smiling?
MishTalk
AUGUST 30, 2013
Western efforts to co-ordinate action against the Assad regime in Syria over charges of chemical attacks against civilians were dealt a blow on Thursday night when UK prime minister David Cameron lost a vote in the House of Commons on the issue. UK Will Not Join War Against Syria. Freedom Fries are Out.
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
Does Assad’s use of chemical weapons pose a threat to the national security interests of the United States? What''s the Difference Between the US Using Chemical Weapons and Others Doing the Same? The biggest user of chemical weapons in history is the United States of America. I don''t have the votes ". Blatant Hypocrisy.
Markovitz Consulting
MAY 1, 2019
For example, the global chemical company Chermours used process mining to analyze their order-to-cash process: It took the process mining effort four months to uncover how the actual process was performing (not just what the ERP documentation stated).
1 to 1
MAY 9, 2013
A chemical manufacturer with a solid customer listening program noticed an uptick in complaints about pricing. It learned that some distributors were selling chemicals for applications in markets better served by off-the-shelf, commodity products. scientists to help innovative clients discover new applications for the chemicals).
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
Consultants can work in a wide range of industries including automotive, CPG (consumer packaged goods), chemicals, defense, electronics, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, media, mining, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, private equity, retail, social sector, technology, telecommunications and tourism.
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Shopping releases chemicals in our brain. In some communities, shopping is so foreign and risky that it simply doesn’t happen. Shopping is a cultural activity, with styles and approaches varying depending on who you are and where you live.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, discusses the 120-year-old company’s ambitious sustainability agenda. He says an environmentally driven business model is good for the earth—and the bottom line.
Harvard Business
MARCH 17, 2017
In fact, when we look at what happens in the brain during this kind of one-sided selling interaction, we find that buyers may experience that negativity at a chemical level. Among the behaviors that create significant negative impacts are being focused on convincing others and behaving like others don’t understand.
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2018
Craig Hatkoff, now a successful investor, philanthropist, and cofounder of the Tribeca Film Festival, was then fresh out of business school, working for Chemical Bank, and about to lose his job. In 1979 interest rates skyrocketed, rising to over 20%, causing real pain in the banking industry.
Women in Consulting
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
The brain forged and fortified neural pathways into superhighways of doubt-related ‘chemical fixes.’ It didn’t occur to me that doubt, fear, and indecision would be ghosts in the machine, casting their vote all along the way. What happened? ’ You were framed. Was your programming 51% empowering or dismissive?
Seth Godin Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2017
Both respond not only to direct, physical inputs (chemicals, illness) but more and more, to cultural ones, to the noise of comparisons and narratives. Instead, they are things that are possible to get confused about in the short run, but in the long run, they couldn't be more different. Both are cultural constructs.
Seth Godin Blog
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
You can invest in a chemical process that involves an impermeable shine and be on high alert to avoid anything that might be damaging to that shine. There are two ways to make your shoes scuff-proof: 1. You can wear well-worn, authentic shoes that are already scuffed.
Seth Godin Blog
MAY 28, 2017
Kodak failed because it was a chemical company and a bureaucracy, filled with people eager to do what they did yesterday. Change is the unfamiliar. Change creates incompetence. In the face of change, the critical questions that leaders must start with are, "Why did people come to work here today?
Seth Godin Blog
JULY 29, 2018
Insulated glass, cars that don't break down, keyboards with just the right feel to them… Mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering are all moving faster than ever. Quietly, over the last thirty years, engineering has become dramatically more efficient and effective.
Management Consulted
JANUARY 25, 2016
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