N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

response to Syrian chemical weapons dominates this week’s news. Thankfully, most of our problems are simpler than the President’s, but the Syria puzzle exposes the risk of one leadership tactic–leaders who draw red lines are likely to get stained in the process. By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 4, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Experimenting In Your Leadership Laboratory (No Bunsen Burners Necessary) by Starbucker on July 4, 2010 As a leader, I do not often think of myself as a scientist. Popularity: 1% [ ? Popularity: 1% [ ? Cosell note his passing.

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CIO

JULY 22, 2024

Dow Chemical Company is one of the largest chemical producers in the world, with a presence in roughly 160 countries and more than 37,000 employees worldwide. But with analytics and AI becoming table-stakes to staying competitive in the modern business world, the Michigan-based company struggled to leverage its data. “We

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It’s over five years since Dow Chemical merged with DuPont to form DowDuPont — and three since they split up again to form a new agricultural supplies company, Corteva; a specialist chemicals manufacturer, Dupont; and a supplier of commodity chemicals, Dow. Melanie Kalmar was Dow’s CIO through all of that. “It

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Modern CTO

MARCH 24, 2025

With a rich background in both consumer and professional products, Artem has held leadership roles at prestigious companies including Goldman Sachs, Thomson Reuters, Yahoo, and SoundCloud.

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CIO

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As a global chemical company and producer of PET, Indorama Ventures Limited (IVL) has made sustainability a priority for over a decade, from energy and greenhouse gas reductions to increased renewable energy and recycling. This disparity could lead to minor or even catastrophic chemical releases. “In

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CIO

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

CIO 100 award-winner Chris Nardecchia also wears multiple leadership hats in his role as senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest pure-play industrial automation and IoT company. We protect the warfighter. We save lives. We build time machines. We move humanity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Joining Bubner is Gabriel Levesque-Tremblay, a former director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, who was a post-doc at Berkeley with Bubner and serves as the company’s chief technology officer.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

In our modern society, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for those of us in leadership positions take time out for ourselves. Working out produces endorphins, chemicals in the brain that promote a sense of well-being and confidence. All these factors are doubly important for people in leadership positions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 1, 2024

and owner of ChemBlend of America, discusses human centered capital, and the importance of compassion, empathy, and resilience in leadership. She attributes her success to embracing every part of her past, a belief that reveals the essence of a leadership style that treats setbacks as stepping stones.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. “What makes a great CHRO, great? and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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CIO

JULY 18, 2024

What is the scientist’s perspective on the process to refill or order chemicals for a lab? Organizations also need to become resilient to leadership change, because often it’s leadership change that erodes the staying power of principles and strategies.

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CIO

JULY 9, 2024

También presentarán y moderarán expertos de IDC y Foundry, como Thomas Meyer , director general y vicepresidente de IDC EMEA; José Antonio Cano , director de Consultoría en IDC Research España; Fernando Muñoz , director de CIO Executive Council en Foundry; y Esther Macías , directora editorial de Foundry España.

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CIO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During COVID-19 lockdowns, for example, specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle developed a VPA to provide self-service assistance to over 7,000 employees at home, including a natural language interface with a chat bot, and enough AI to help people interface seamlessly with several business applications at a time.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

Of the 8 core principles of More Human leadership , it’s #6 - Measuring, monitoring and managing with the right metrics - that presents the biggest “nuts and bolts” challenge to any leader. The answer, as this leadership short story shows, is to think green. Lead well! Leadership'

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CIO

AUGUST 4, 2023

The largest budget proposals were made by railway ministers this year, under the leadership of Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Railways and Information Technology. What are the steps you’re taking as part of the leadership to ensure that the sustainability goals are met? What does sustainability look like for WABTEC ?

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CIO

AUGUST 10, 2023

When Aldo Noseda became CIO at chemical manufacturer Eastman five years ago, he immediately began working with other leaders in the company to bring a new category of services to the market that complemented its physical products. Business IT Alignment, CIO, Digital Transformation, IT Leadership

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CIO

APRIL 17, 2024

An additional use of new proteins is to detect chemicals in the body very quickly. “If Artificial Intelligence, CIO, Data Management, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Generative AI, IT Leadership, Software Development Or you might use new proteins to test for other compounds, such as antibodies.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

“Determine your mission, vision, and questions you need to answer around analytics before even starting,” says Brittany Meiklejohn, a business and sales process analyst at Swagelok, a developer of fluid system products and services for the oil, gas, chemical, and clean energy industries. “It

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Xebia

JANUARY 19, 2024

Community Value Ethical leadership and Corporate social responsibility have evolved from an afterthought into a core consideration for CEOs worldwide. Or Feike Sijbesma, former CEO of chemical concern DSM, who has proven profitability and sustainability can go hand in hand. Competition today is for talent.”

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the time, one of ChampionX’s costliest activities in its Chemical Technologies business was monitoring and maintaining customer sites, many of which were in remote parts of the country. “It As part of the cross-functional leadership team, Alina didn’t limit herself to solving what were ostensibly CIO-related problems.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2016

This is another installment of excerpts from my book manuscript of “More Human: A Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership”. This excerpt tells two very contrasting stories about a job of leadership that is never, ever, easy – having to let people go. We looked over this massive pit, and said nothing for a minute. Indeed it was.

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CIO

MAY 23, 2024

Outlook : The latest IDC MarketScape puts Infor in the leadership category. Under his leadership over the past couple of years, Workday has accelerated its innovation with a number of product announcements, and bolstered its partner ecosystem. By the numbers: More than 60,000 organizations across 175 countries rely on Infor ERP.

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CIO

MAY 9, 2024

But just as important now are holistic matters of people—diversity, inclusivity, employee welfare, and so on, and perhaps few technical leaders have concerned themselves with these as enthusiastically as Raj Polanki, the US Division CIO of Wacker, the seven-billion-dollar German chemical manufacturer, and the co-lead of its DEI council.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

One of the first things Patrick Thompson (pictured) did on becoming chief information and digital transformation officer of specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle in 2017 was to introduce an annual survey to gauge employee attitudes toward services IT staff provides. The playbook is there. It’s all in the execution.”

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CIO

MAY 22, 2023

That’s especially true when functional areas outside IT routinely buy their own technology and hire their own technology professionals, says Irving Tyler, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, and former CIO of Quaker Chemical and IMS Health. C-Suite, CIO, IT Leadership There is a significant amount of crossover between our areas.

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Apiumhub

JANUARY 5, 2021

Many studies show that cardio workouts help our bodies produce endorphins and through this chemical reaction, our motivation and mood gets a boost. His most successful corporate keynotes are Challenge-4-Change Leadership Success and Challenge-4-Change Sales Success. Workout Challenges. I am a trail runner and it has changed my life.

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CIO

AUGUST 23, 2023

Their work earned them a 2023 US CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership. For example, “the simulation work we’re doing in options pricing has got lots of similarities with work that can be done in molecular simulation in chemical companies,” he says.

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Planbox

APRIL 23, 2020

Planbox is the comprehensive innovation management platform trusted by some of the world’s most recognized brands, including Blue Cross, Cargill, Caterpillar, Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, Honeywell, John Deere, Novartis, Ontario Power Generation, Sun Life Financial, Whirlpool and Verizon, with millions of internal and external users.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Rafael Aldana (Sampol), Tomás Rodicio (UMusic Hotels), Javier Ramírez (DOMO Chemicals), Beatriz Marco (Cantabria Labs), Miguel Torres (Prosegur) y Fernando Muñoz (CIO Executive Council). Así lo contó Javier Ramírez, CIO y responsable de Digitalización en DOMO Chemicals : “TI antes estaba en la sala de máquinas.

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Capgemini

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A dedicated and centralized leadership supported by governance for intelligent automation. Randy Cozzens is an Executive Vice President and North American Energy, Utilities, and Chemicals Market Unit Lead at Capgemini and he can be reached at randall.cozzens@capgemini.com. A greater emphasis on technology, backed by larger budgets.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 12, 2020

The Rocket Chemical Company had a small lab and just three people, but they could see a major opportunity in front of them. 2,500+ Expert Contributor management and leadership articles. In San Diego, California, in 1953, a new startup set its sights on the Space Age. Expert advice provided via StrategyDriven’s Advisors Corner.

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Steve Farber

AUGUST 7, 2017

But Daniel Schmachtenberger, a founder of the Neurohacker Collective , points out that there are some tricks we can use–ways to hack our brains, if you will–that can help restore order to our chaos and balance to our leadership lives. Or any other part of our lives that’s bursting across the skies. Move, move, move.

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scruminc

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Leadership Participation vs. Buy-In. That is the difference between leadership participation and simple buy-in. . The problem with leadership buy-in is it alone isn’t enough to make you Agile. The problem with leadership buy-in is it alone isn’t enough to make you Agile. Many organizations believe they are Agile.

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Capgemini

MAY 27, 2020

Part two of our conversation with Randall Cozzens, North America Sector Head of Energy, Utilities, and Chemicals at Capgemini. I think this situation provides us with an opportunity to look across the EUC sector and have private companies assume a leadership role and act as an orchestrator.

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CIO

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s the message at the core of this year’s CIO 100 Awards for IT innovation and leadership , which recognize standout technology projects that meet such objectives.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

For others, adults, Buddy was a “chemically imbalanced” adult man who thinks and dresses like an elf running around through the streets of New York City. Buddy is a human raised by elves, therefore, does he fall into the “human” or “elf” category? For some, say children (most likely his primary target audience), Buddy is an elf.

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