How a Company Changed its Leadership Mindset during a Commodities Downturn
From McKinsey Three executives at one of the world’s most unusual mining operations describe how even in a highly unpredictable context, lean management improves not just productivity, but also how people lead. Chilean mining company Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) operates 19-square mile brine ponds in the remote Atacama Desert —some of the world’s largest sites for extracting essential minerals,