In August 2024, 3M (NYSE: MMM) CEO Bill Brown diagnosed one of the industrial giant's core problems just a few months after taking the helm. A years-long slide in innovation, as measured by new ...
Sharon Lerner has been reporting on “forever chemicals” for the better part of a decade. These manmade compounds — known as PFAS for short — resist oil, water and heat, take an incredibly long time to ...
3M's output of new product launches tumbled in the years before CEO Bill Brown took the helm. Brown set a strategy of boosting new product launches, and the results have been impressive. In 2025, 3M ...