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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. We know this because in India innovators have found ways to deliver high-quality care to everyone — rich, poor, and virtually penniless — and make money doing it.

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The Aim Should be the Best Life – Not Work v. Life Balance

Curious Cat

People working in software for example I find are more often happy with their lives. And even if their work and other life are fairly separate they are often pursuing learning about software, design, how people work effectively etc. outside of work.

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Even Small Companies Can Tap Big Data If They Know Where to Look

Harvard Business Review

True that in the past, companies seeking to tap into big data needed to purchase expensive hardware and software, hire consultants, and invest huge amounts of time in analytics. But trends such as cloud computing, open-source software, and software as a service have changed all that. Take Kaggle , for instance.

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The Media Industry is the Canary in the Coalmine

Harvard Business Review

They hit information sectors like media and software first because media products consist of information, and therefore can be wholly digitized, converted from their physical form to a virtual one. Look as well to health care. A great deal of the argument made in 2010 by those in favor of U.S.

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The First Wave of Corporate AI Is Doomed to Fail

Harvard Business Review

The report also highlighted that companies across many sectors, such as manufacturing and health care, have captured less than 30% of the potential from their data and analytics investments. Early failures are often used to slow or completely end these investments. There is little doubt that an AI frenzy is starting to bubble up.

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Operational Improvement Has Improved

Harvard Business Review

About ten years ago they spread to financial services and, in the past five years, more deeply into health care and services. billion manufacturer of labels and office supplies, launched an internal online community in 2010 to improve collaboration and accelerate learning among its process improvement practitioners.

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Stop Saying Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Pure Internet-plays Betterment and FutureAdvisor launched in 2010 and Wealthfront in 2011. The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps. GE is another firm that has committed its size and deep pockets to innovation.