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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

In 2005 James McNerney, a Jack Welch disciple with little aerospace experience became the CEO. The startling amount of cultural change What's startling about this is how much the quality and safety culture was impacted at Boeing from 2005 to 2015-17. Additionally, it was experimenting with new design techniques for the 737.

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How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

Supply chains in commodity industries are often characterized by social and environmental abuse. In the cocoa industry, for example, the average farmer cultivates between three and five hectares to earn less than two dollars a day. It is an environment rife with social and environmental abuse.

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The Green Living Guy Talks Electric Vehicles

Business and Tech

Leitman, an electric vehicle expert and president of the Greater Hudson Valley Electric Auto Association, has been known as the Green Living Guy since 2005, when he began his media empire focused on sustainability. “I Leitman describes the EV industry as “cutthroat,” but sees great potential. Living green.

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Widen Your Lens: How Might I Learn From Others Far From My Technical/Industry Domain?

Michael Roberto

Source: Forbes.com For the most part, we tend to focus on learning from others within our technical or industry domain. Naik writes, "A 2005 study found that nearly 70% of preventable hospital mishaps occurred because of communication problems, and other studies have shown that at least half of such breakdowns occur during handoffs.

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The most important words Bill Gates wrote in the Goalkeepers report?

Christensen Institute

Gates notes that, as millions of people in low-income countries go hungry, the cumulative spend on food aid from 2005 to 2020 was $57 billion while just $9 billion was spent on agriculture research in the same time period. The broader aid industry is no different. target the symptoms of poverty, not the root cause. .

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Helping discover your innovation pathway

Paul Hobcraft

Jeffrey has been writing articles and posts since 2005 and can be a great source of inspiration at Innovate on Purpose. I have written for numerous organizations tailoring innovation to their specifics, be that Energy, Digital, Industrial and Software related on different length contracts commissioned.

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Michael Brunner is Named Honoree in Pittsburgh’s 2020 Smart 50 Awards

Brunner

2005: H e acquired a creative boutique agency in Atlanta to provide a foothold in one of the nation’s strongest business markets . 2011: Michael helped launch BHiveLab, an in-house technology incubator that has become a thought-leader throughout the industry .