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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.

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO

In this conversation with Foundry, Kopal dives deep into her career progression, the challenges of marrying manufacturing with digitization and WABTEC’s commitment to sustainability. What does sustainability look like for WABTEC ? Now, I do not launch projects till I have buy-in from the leadership.

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Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners

Harvard Business Review

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In that job, which he held for 14 years, he won widespread credit for pushing an ambitious sustainability agenda, no easy task at one of the world’s biggest chemical producers.

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IT leaders explore footing amid shifting needs and the AI power struggle

CIO

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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Agile doesn’t create future-proof organizations

Xebia

Instead, organizations must build frameworks and capabilities that allow for continuous adaptation to changing circumstances—from collaborative structures to business models, sustainable production, and contributing to a healthier work/life balance for employees.

Agile 147
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Manufacturing CIOs see bright future for the industry, thanks to IT

CIO

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. One is the supply chain and the geopolitical events that are happening. How does that work?

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Rachel Carson’s Quiet and Powerful Leadership

Harvard Business Review

How a quiet introvert took on the chemical industry and made the world better.