This is the latest move in a 30-year career at 3M for Jim. If there's one thing he appreciates about his time at the company, it's the opportunity he's had both to dig into the details as an engineer and to help set strategy as an executive. Jim has spent more than a decade in manufacturing, been the general manager of two divisions and lived and worked in Asia, running the company's offices in Thailand and the Asia Pacific region.

'What you learn from a career like that is the full context of what you can do to make the whole company better,' Jim said. '3M has outstanding values, and we as a company really try to encourage people to do their best and then give them opportunities to develop. You rarely hear 'no,' if you really believe in something and it makes financial sense.'

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