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What is Innovation?

Harvard Professional Development

Exploring solutions The next zone is about collecting resources and exploring solutions that can address the specific problem, inquiring “what can we do about it and how do we build it,” says Little. Innovation involves risk-taking, and taking big risks may or may not pay off for one’s career and company.

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Is geothermal energy ready to make its mark in the US power mix?

McKinsey

This is largely driven by electrification, data center load growth , and increased demand from the manufacturing sector. Next-generation geothermal energy heats up There are many clean, firm power solutions, but each one comes with its own downside. There are few spots where hydropower could exist but doesn’t already.

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7 Leadership Coaching Scenarios to Elevate Your Strategies

CMOE

Proactively promote workplace safety across all industries, particularly in the manufacturing field. Ask questions, listen, and encourage a resolution before offering an opinion or solution of your own. Focus on solutions: Collaborate on balanced, innovative solutions. Enhance interpersonal relationships.

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Employee Engagement Challenges: Perspectives and Solutions

Vantage Circle

Solution: To overcome this, leaders must actively foster an inclusive culture by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Solution: To overcome this challenge, leaders must set clear goals and articulate a compelling vision that resonates with employees at all levels. You're not alone.

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Don’t cancel or coddle at-risk capital projects—challenge them

McKinsey

Two segments, energy and manufacturing, account for much of the rising demand as companies scramble to build everything from liquefied-natural-gas facilities and pharmaceutical plants to data centers and chip fabs. Its next step was to develop an effective replacement.

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From blueprint to breakthrough: How AI and automation can transform the consumer enterprise

McKinsey

CPG organizations could see the greatest impact from technology, given the potential for gen AI and other automation tools to optimize these companies’ manufacturing and supply chains. Manufacturing jobs are often concentrated in fewer, larger locations, such as plants or warehouses, and do not have any customer-facing exposure.

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The new tariff reality: From risk to resilience

McKinsey

For many companies, if they decide to wait too long to start building new plants, shifting supply chains, striking new deals in terms of toll manufacturing, they could lose valuable options against competitors; hence, the point of transforming—and the timing of doing so—is of the essence for many of them. Is that what it is now?