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Inclusion: The Chemical X for Design Thinking

Agile Alliance

In this talk, I will tell why I consider that inclusion of diversity is a chemical X that has unexpected benefits in different areas such as design teams, design thinking processes for the creation of products or services, and even in organizations.

Chemicals 193
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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

CIO

With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes. US multinational Dow Chemical was working with a pulp and paper manufacturer to improve inefficiencies in its chemical process with a goal of producing a better, safer pulp yield.

Chemicals 143
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Microsoft sees AI agents shaking up org charts, eliminating traditional functions

CIO

The report also found that some companies are already restructuring their organizations to foster greater teamwork between people and AI. MS predicted that most organizations will shift toward becoming frontier companies in the next two to five years, redefining employee roles.

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Molecule.one grows its drug synthesis AI platform with a $4.6M seed round

TechCrunch

Molecule.one creates a workflow starting with ordinary off-the-shelf chemicals and provides step by step instructions using known methods of how to go from A to B… and to C, D, and so on (it’s rarely simple). “In each move of this game, instead of moving a piece on a board, we break a chemical bond between a pair of atoms.

Chemicals 246
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Katakem’s ‘robot chef’ speeds up drug development with reliable chemistry

TechCrunch

Organic chemist Manuela Oliverio was working on a new drug when he noticed that test results on mice weren’t consistent, because the molecule being administered was always different depending on the chemist who produced it. “The production of a chemical product is strictly regulated and standardized. million ($1.27

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Oxyle’s tech uses water movement to remove pollutants

TechCrunch

The startup’s customers include companies in the pesticide, chemical, textile pigments, electronics and pharmaceutical sectors that are regulated by strict discharge limits. While earning her masters, Dr. Mushtaq worked with synthetic chemicals to develop new nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Oxyle’s team.

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Agile doesn’t create future-proof organizations

Xebia

Authors Riët Broekhuizen and Ellen Barree A fourth industrial revolution is happening, challenging organizations to implement radical change. The fusion and exponential growth of technologies that allow man and machine to "merge" will impact society, organizations, and people in ways we can barely imagine.

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