Business Trends and their Impact on Strategy, Growth, and Talent
Special thanks to Freddie Briggs, VP of Strategy & Value Creation for PDC Machines LLC, Rick Kowey, COO of Universal Compressed Air (UCA), Kevin Lynch, SVP of Industrial Gases at Anova, and Sobia Chaudhry, VP of HR at PDC Machines for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the July 2022 US […]
The Business of Hydrogen
Special thanks to David Edwards (Director and Advocate for Hydrogen Energy, Air Liquide US), David Burns (Vice-President of Clean Energy Development, Linde), and Lars Martiny (Head of Hydrogen Future, The Chemours company). The content for this blog was published in the March 2022 US Print edition of GasWorld. When considering which segments of the industrial […]
The Business of Helium
Special thanks to Phil Kornbluth, President of Kornbluth Helium Consulting (KHC) for his contribution. The content for this blog was published in the January 2022 US Print edition of GasWorld. From time to time, helium has received increased visibility in the B2B press due to product shortages. However, over the last 3-5 years the press […]
Driving Efficiency: Lean Six Sigma
Special thanks to Murali Budagavi (Vice President of Avantor Business System (ABS) ) and Ramani Velu (President – Southeast Asia for Air Products) for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the November 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. The first concept of combining Lean and Six Sigma methodologies was created in […]
Maintaining Customer Relations (and Remote Working)
Thanks to Jeff White (President of EMD Electronics, a business of Merck KGaA) for his contributions. The content for this blog was published in the September 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. All companies have been faced with the challenge of maintaining robust and consistent customer relations in the midst the pandemic. In Salesforce’s annual […]
The New Playbook – Lessons in Remote Learning
Thanks to David Fritz (CEO, Acme Cryogenics) and Ashley Madray (Gas Innovation, CEO) for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the May 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. On a worldwide scale, more people than ever are engaged in remote work. According to Global Workplace Analytics, this type of work has […]
Implementing E-Commerce Systems
Thanks to Kurt Cannon (SVP, LIQUID) and Joe Wechezak (CIO, EnerSys) for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the March 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. Background/history Let us start with a definition. The term e-commerce (electronic commerce) is a business model that allows firms and individuals to buy and sell […]
Business Resilience
Thanks to Jim de Vries (Founder/President, EIG) for his contributions. The content for this blog was published in the January 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. A few years ago (2017), Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, published a book with Adam Grant called ‘OPTION B’ on the topic of building personal ‘resilience’ after the tragic […]
Driving customer focus and efficiency
Thanks to Chris Ebeling (Executive Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, US Bulk, Messer Americas) his contribution. The content for this blog was published in the October 2020 US Print edition of GasWorld. Balancing customer focus and efficiency is absolutely essential for any company that desires to maximize its ability to attract, serve and retain customers […]
Customer and process – Balancing the organization
Thanks to Chris Ebeling (Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, Executive Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, ) and Jeff Bezos (CEO, Amazon) for their contributions. When running a business division or even an entire company, there is constant friction between being customer focused and being process focused. It’s a constructive friction that often swings like a […]