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3 Factors Inventors Share: How to Change the World

Leading Blog

As an inventor with seven patents in the energy and chemical areas I can cite my own experience to substantiate the importance of these traits as factors that lead to success. Commit to persevering and staying the course with your project even when the going gets tough (which every story of every invention in history says that it will).

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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

I started out as an information technology professional. I worked at a chemical plant in the early Eighties. About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul. About 7 years into my IT career I realized I didn’t love the technology enough to excel over the long haul.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business Review

Learn about the future economy project. Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

the danger that the newcomer will clash for political or personality reasons with members of the leadership team). The latter was a capable strategist with relevant insight into digital technologies — the most pressing strategic issue for the company at that time.

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? At the same time, alternative approaches to accessing capital and funding projects proliferated, forcing financial decision-making to become increasingly sophisticated.

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