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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

My experience working with a start-up that has found a way to test the enzymatic degradability of different plastics with a hundred times increased efficiency was instructive in spotting the mistakes failed trailblazers often make. Start-up in the Plastics Industry.

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How to Turn Today’s Proposal Failure into Tomorrow’s Consulting Success with JT Badiani: Podcast #10

Consulting Success

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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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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

Harvard Business

” The more creatively, comprehensively, and innovatively these selves can be digitized, the greater the opportunity to help workers develop and deploy the optimal traits and qualities they desire. In this data-rich future, enterprise AI is less about “artificial intelligence” and more about “augmenting introspection.”

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

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. What if you developed a verbund talent strategy? We make a lot of the products you buy better.".

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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Figuring Out How IT, Analytics, and Operations Should Work Together

Harvard Business

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.