Creating Workplaces Free of Forever Chemicals
Harvard Business
APRIL 8, 2025
What companies need to know about PFAS—and how to reduce risks to employees and customers.
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Harvard Business
APRIL 8, 2025
What companies need to know about PFAS—and how to reduce risks to employees and customers.
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.
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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.
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.
Harvard Business
MAY 3, 2023
How a quiet introvert took on the chemical industry and made the world better.
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.
Successful Independent Consulting
JUNE 28, 2023
It also makes us feel better chemically. When we’re kind or helpful to others, our brains get blasted with three pleasure chemicals: oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin—the so-called “Happiness Trifecta.” Referrals aren’t about you.
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.
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
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.
Harvard Business
MARCH 12, 2020
How one woman, armed with a pen, took on some of the world’s most powerful chemical companies.
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
Who Gains From Using Chemical Weapons? Assad had the most to lose by using chemical weapons. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar have the most to gain, especially if chemical use was attributed to Syria (not the rebels). Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack. Here are some additional links.
Harvard Business
APRIL 3, 2018
Since the advent of agricultural chemicals in the nineteenth century, a variety of people have warned of risks to public health and the environment, but these people largely struggled to attract an audience until the late 1960s, when organic farming, natural food stores and organic food start-ups started to gain traction. Early Struggles.
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.
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'
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?
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2018
The value of developing capabilities became evident to a specialty chemical producer with lackluster margins. By analyzing the various products and their markets, the chemical producer found pricing opportunities that enabled it to increase earnings before interest and taxes by 35% within two years.
MishTalk
AUGUST 24, 2013
air strikes in Syria that would send a message to the regime of President Bashar al Assad not to continue using chemical weapons against its civilians. intelligence continues to investigate an apparent large-scale chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime this week that may have killed as many as 1,000 civilians. Ready to Act.
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.,
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.
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.
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.
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.
Harvard Business
APRIL 21, 2017
economy at this time – specifically electricity and chemicals, which accounted for 13.9% But medical technology accounted for just 1% of all U.S. In areas that had a much larger effect on the U.S. of all U.S. patents respectively – immigrants were also strongly represented.
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'
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.
Consultant Ninja
JULY 22, 2010
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Management Consulted
OCTOBER 18, 2013
They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Chemicals and Petroleum. However, the name remained the same – but IBM began to absorb other services companies with unique services offerings over the following 10 years. In 1998, IBM acquired The Chem Systems Group Inc. Automotive.
Harvard Business
APRIL 20, 2018
When we are learning, we experience higher levels of brain activity and many feel-good brain chemicals are produced. The human brain is designed to learn, not just during our childhood school years but throughout our life spans. Managers would do well to remember that.
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).
Harvard Business
MAY 26, 2016
Among non-financial corporations, most of the effect is accounted for by just five industries: pharmaceuticals/chemicals, petroleum refining, transportation equipment/defense, utilities, and communications. First, the link between regulation and profits is highly concentrated in a small number of politically influential industries.
Harvard Business
JUNE 21, 2016
Research attributes this to both structural and chemical differences in their brains. Another reason is that women typically worry more than men. According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, women are twice as likely as men to suffer from anxiety.
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…).
Melissa Agnes
JUNE 11, 2014
You may be manufacturing some chemical which, if not contained could wipe out half the countryside, or perhaps you have the word “nuclear” as part of your title. Clearly, you should do all in your power to mitigate the extent to which you affect the community. But what if even your best efforts don’t come close?
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Second, thanks to the minimal degradation of quality, there is a super-clean label (meaning the product will have few chemical-sounding, unpronounceable ingredients) and an incentive to add high-quality ingredients. Third, the food remains packaged at room temperature, and remains safe to eat for months on end.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 30, 2018
We even have a novelty bias , wherein our brain is flooded with a pleasure chemical, dopamine, whenever we focus on something new. Our brain’s attentional system is programmed to respond to anything that’s pleasurable, threatening, or novel. In terms of our evolutionary history, this makes sense.
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).
Seth Godin Blog
AUGUST 29, 2024
Pharmacists used to mix chemicals by hand to create prescriptions. Opticians used to grind lenses from scratch. Lawyers used to start with an empty page. Graphic designers needed to know how to draw. All of these jobs are still important. None of them are the same as they were thirty years ago.
Harvard Business
APRIL 25, 2017
That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality.
MishTalk
AUGUST 28, 2013
As Mr Cordesman says, the US has lost its credibility to assert that Mr Assad ordered the use of the chemical weapons and it will be difficult to regain it with a document that is necessarily constrained about revealing its sources. The US government may trust the US government,” he says. I wait for the day McCain retires. Trust Us.
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.
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.
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.
Management Consulted
JANUARY 25, 2016
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