Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The 195 member countries, or “parties,” hold a Conference of Parties (COP) annually, and this year is the 21st meeting. As a Citi report estimated recently, the cost to the global economy of doing nothing could hit $72 trillion between now and mid-century. For example, the U.S.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Employers can readily apply market forces and supply-chain tools to improve the performance of both. The successes of the collaboratives have been reported in the Wall Street Journal , the book Pursuing the Triple Aim , and a Harvard Business Review article that explains how other employers can replicate these efforts in their local markets.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2005, Dimon hired Ina Drew to head the company's Chief Investment Office, the unit responsible for the bank's risk exposure. As the second week of May began, Dimon realized, "The last thing I told the market — that it was a tempest in a teapot — was dead wrong," the Journal reports.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The business world is overflowing with products and services and designs and marketing campaigns that are adequate. But when Robert Wennett bought the homely space back in 2005, he decided to turn something adequate into something amazing. But their insight applies just as powerfully to companies and their leaders.

Airlines 16

Airlines Mission Statement Sharpe Brand 16

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles. In 2014, as in previous years, the dominant reason for discontinuation of a venture in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania was that the business was not profitable, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2014 Global report.

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Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28