Seth Godin Blog

JULY 29, 2018

Quietly, over the last thirty years, engineering has become dramatically more efficient and effective. 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.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Research by my co-authors and myself has found that firms improving their performance on industry-specific, material ESG issues outperform their competitors , and firms disclosing more information on industry-specific material ESG issues exhibit more informative stock prices and as a result more efficient pricing of risks and opportunities.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

But designing an efficient warning system is more complicated than it might appear. A label may read, for example : “WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer.” For context, there are more than 800 different hazardous chemicals listed in California at present.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

We also changed the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the space by controlling the number of common materials that emit these chemicals — e.g., surface cleaners, dry erase markers, dry cleaned clothing, and building materials. For the optimized environment, we increased the amount of outdoor air brought in to the space (i.e.,

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 2, 2017

He started out as a MBA/chemical engineer with years of experience in the design field and great success in operations, but decided that his talents and passions could truly be put to use when he pursued his dream of helping companies achieve success. He knows how to critically evaluate a program to make it more efficient and streamlined.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

We are less efficient, less effective, and more likely to make mistakes when we multitask. Research attributes this to both structural and chemical differences in their brains. A better question is whether women should be proud of their multitasking. Research does have an answer to this question. And the answer is no.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We designed a data center that was 38% more energy efficient and that cost 24% less to build than a traditional data center. Since then, we’ve continued to lead the way in terms of energy efficiency. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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Harvard Business

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. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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MishTalk

MAY 21, 2014

That job ended when Chase and Chemical merged. The weakening demand during recessions forces firms to look for new ways to be more efficient to cope with hard times. I was an assistant vice president at Harris Bank when Bank of Montreal bought them out. I did not like the cultural change so I left and became an independent consultant.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

Consider the core mission of the modern IT department: Taking in all the technology “mess” (often from several different divisions), developing the necessary competencies, and delivering savings and efficiency to the company. Enter data and analytics, which provide an opportunity for such innovation.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Former Walmart.com CEO Carter Cast recalled to me, “Back in the early 2000s there were many things we wanted to accomplish with our online business but had a hard time doing because of the perception that we’d interfere with the well-oiled efficiency of the physical stores. Power by the hour aligns customers and suppliers.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Using the most current technology could help them more efficiently and safely address these costly disasters. Sensors can also be used to detect the presence of harmful gases or chemicals emanating from a storage tank, factory, or plant in the path of destruction.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In response, they release hormones and chemicals to speed up our heart rate, increase blood pressure and stimulate our muscles. They communicate to each other, as they do when we’re anxious, becoming more efficient in the process. We become more alert and responsive, which is appropriate when we’re in harm’s way.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides. In 2005, they launched a U.S. Attracting and Engaging Employees.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

This twinned production thermostat could be instrumented to help predict the most cost-effective ways to heat critical chemicals in a production process. The next step is obvious: Enable digital twins — or triplets, quadruplets, septuplets — to help GE’s human assets become more productive and efficient, too.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

When care is delivered with less dignity, compassion, or efficiency than it should be the experience can easily be perceived as negative, even if the care is successful in strictly clinical terms. Correct care is not some absolute invariable value.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Another example is microreactor technology, which is used in chemicals production processes; the scalable reactors promise fast and cost-effective production increases. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Thus, they work towards creating or upgrading current purchasing processes to enhance efficiency and maximize savings. Kearney recognizes the importance of procurement as it increases in complexity and scale. Strategic IT. Kearney boasts about being the first global management consultancy to develop a strategic IT practice. Automotive.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

For instance, it is no coincidence that marihuana use became illegal around the time chemical concerns such as Du Pont de Nemours introduced artificial fibers. Somewhere between 10 million and 90 million acres, depending on how efficient the production is. While an acre of trees is about 60% cellulose, and acre of hemp is nearly 75%.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

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. When I worked directly with the customer, I got more feedback. When I worked with a customer, I did less work, had more feedback, and had a better product.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The efficiencies of online business have continued to fell the old giants of retailing. But what happened this year in chemicals is real, not speculation. But the battle of bricks vs. clicks has taken a new turn – partnerships and mergers between the two sides.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

” The world, he has argued, has lots of resources – water, energy, and so on – but we’re hampered because we can’t access it efficiently. But, he says , ultimately “technology is a resource-liberating force.” ” It could help us solve our resource constraints.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2016

You realize that the industrial efficiency of the Tyson chicken plant that results in pretty low prices is not going to be replicated at a friendly local organic farm. For example, if you dine at a farm-to-table restaurant, you expect to pay a little bit more even though the supply chain is shorter. Nor would you want it to be.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2010

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

Aligning appliance, equipment, and vehicle fuel efficiency standards. Whatever form a carbon price takes — either direct taxation or this kind of cap-and-trade scheme – it will deeply impact industries reliant on fossil fuels, like chemicals. The biggest commitments are: Generating 50% clean power by 2025. degrees celsius.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

Despite lower oil prices, currency depreciations, higher taxes, and geopolitical uncertainty, the region is still rich in opportunities, from selling efficiency-enhancing technology to the Saudi government to offering Western products to 100 million Ethiopian consumers. This, combined with a population of 1.5

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. ” or “What is the growth potential for business in Mexico?”

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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. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency.

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