Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

Let's return to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development , what I call the “Agile Manifesto.” The first Chaos report was published in 1994.). It didn't matter what kind of a product: a control system for a factory line, an inspection system for car parts, analytical chemical instrumentation.

Agile 66

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? 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 32

Chemicals Energy Case Interview Resources 32

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 22, 2020

In a restorative approach we would actually look for those causes; which would be stress, nutritional, anti-oxidants, what's the vascular system doing, how much water intake do you have, what kind of exercise do you do. So we would be prompted to start doing something when you went from 60 to 70. Betsy : Wow.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2018

invest in ongoing development of capabilities among the sales and pricing teams through training and tools. Track the results through regular reviews that flag areas where frontline staff might game the system. The value of developing capabilities became evident to a specialty chemical producer with lackluster margins.

B2B 31

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Harvard Business

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. First, evidence of a radically altered climate system has become crystal clear. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

Energy 28

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 28

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The arrests in Germany and reports the Belgian police is investigating whether the men charged in Belgium provided the bombs used in the suicide attacks indicate that the conspiracy may have been wider than previously thought — and that more than one attacker may still be on the loose. But why aren't safeguards the same throughout the EU?

Chemicals 28

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. In the largest study on climate change data and corporations, 8,000 supplier companies (that sell to 75 multinationals) reported on their level of climate risk.

Study 28

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Only 13% of directors in the energy and utilities industry consider innovation to be a major strategic challenge, but the swift growth of renewable energy companies and such developments as the use of drones for monitoring oil and gas production suggest that no industry is impervious to the forces of innovation.

Telecommunications 30

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 30

Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

They don’t have as much as experience with USDA inspection procedures and their own internal inspection systems may not be as well-developed and operationally as reliable as those at the Tysons of the world. So investing in a tracking system is essential. You should use those. This represents a huge business risk.

Case Study 28

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2016

But just four months into his new job, as a business unit leader at a large specialty chemicals and plastics manufacturer, he was struggling with the challenges of handling a global business with more than 3000 employees. “So taking new roles is just part of their jobs and a core part of their development.” What to do?

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