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7 Ways to Improve Operations Without Sacrificing Worker Safety

Harvard Business

Needed repairs and upgrades were delayed, worker training postponed, and risk assessments overlooked. One former CEO who exemplifies this message is Jim Gallogly, who was hired to be CEO of LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, in 2009. Don’t blame workers for injuries.

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Fortune 500 and over 30 of the Global Fortune 100 among its clientele. Industries.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business

This twinned production thermostat could be instrumented to help predict the most cost-effective ways to heat critical chemicals in a production process. — to train “recommender” and “advisory” algorithms that instantiate data-driven “better selves” development, deployment, and improvement.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

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.

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