Molly Simpson

About 3M

There's so much we could say when we are asked about our company - but let's keep things simple. We are a science-based technology company that is committed to improving lives and doing business in the right way - which is why we have been listed as a World's Most Ethical Company for nine years in succession. And we love applying our... See more

A proverb on the importance of asking questions:

“The person who asks is a fool for five minutes, but the person who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

So now I sit in an umbrella’s circle of shade on the planked deck of a beach shack, a beer in my hand and a book in my lap, and I look at the people as they come and go and listen to the crash and hiss of the breakers as they curve in, flatten and explode on the sand. I must do this every year, while I have the money and the strength – good for the

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When Patagonia launched its sustainability campaign, it wasn't the design that won the world over. It was the simple sentence: "The Earth is Our Only Shareholder." It worked because it was smart. It landed because it was human. That small selection of words tells an entire story, not just about a company and its values, but about our world and its... See more

A lesson I need to learn: It's ok to disappoint other people if you avoid disappointing yourself.

“Dunbar’s number” is a theoretical cognitive limit on the number of stable social relationships humans can maintain at one time. According to Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist, humans have the cognitive capacity to keep track of somewhere around 150 close personal connections. Beyond this limited circle, we start treating people less like

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