Of the duo that created 3M's now-ubiquitous Post-it Notes, Spencer Silver was, quite literally, the glue. Silver, a chemist from Texas, created the adhesive that gives Post-it Notes their stickiness.

When Jack Truong assumed leadership of 3M’s office supplies division in 2003, the Post-it Note faced an existential threat. The rise of BlackBerry devices and early digital communication tools had ...

Sometimes, failure sticks better than success. In 1968, a scientist at 3M tried to invent one of the strongest adhesives ever made. Instead, he created one of the weakest. That so-called mistake would ...