CUSTOMER VALUE: Customer-Focused Commercial and Agile Strategy with Pete Corle, CCO, Solstice - Ep. 286

Host Victoria King Meyer speaks with Pete Corle, Chief Commercial Officer at Solstice, on building customer-focused commercial strategy, resilient company culture, and applying agile planning to accelerate execution. Practical leadership insights for chemical-industry executives and commercial teams. Tactics you can apply to align teams, increase customer value, and speed decision-making.

Includes: Victoria Meyer, Pete Corle, Chief Commercial Officer at Solstice Advanced Materials

Recorded live at the Chemical Summit, this fireside chat explores what it takes to set a new direction for a legacy chemical business while driving real alignment and impact. 

Pete shares lessons from his journey at Dow and Solstice, including how to create advantage, prioritize across shifting markets, and make the voice of the customer actionable. Get a look inside Solstice’s evolution from a Honeywell spinout, their approach to innovation in regulated markets, and practical strategies for building influence and confidence through change. 

 

Victoria and Pete cover: 

Turning customer focus into operational reality Lessons in commercial leadership from Dow and how they translate to Solstice How Solstice is investing for growth in nuclear, electronics, and body armor materials Why transparency, shared goals, and trust fuel high-performing teams Making big moves: Unlocking innovation, managing legacy mindsets, and navigating cultural change 

Killer Quote: "Before we built the playbook, we really just started to go out and solve problems. And so as we were doing that, in parallel, we were working on the strategy and taking it to build out the different pillars from a technology perspective, sales enablement, all these different pieces." - Pete Corle