HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces. We track progress through standardized metrics and measurement.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

By early 2017, about 2.2 When it finally came to my attention, I realized right away that large-scale, controlled experimentation would revolutionize the way all companies operate their businesses and how managers make decisions. Consider Kohl’s, the large retailer, which in 2013 was looking for ways to decrease its operating costs.

Power 94

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 94

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” It ensures alignment of goals, resources, and people.

Health Care 11

Health Care System Metrics Report 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Using this approach to build each new Medicaid team, we then armed the primary care team with the operating structure, data, and incentives needed to create engagement with our patients wherever they are, enveloping them with compassion and the latest in evidence-based care. Our primary care clinicians operate in multidisciplinary teams.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

To achieve that goal, however, we must innovate not only in terms of science and R&D, but also in how we run our business. For example, in 2017 we created the CATALYST fund, a combination of professional support (using Lean Startup principles) and money to explore larger business opportunities across the company.

Innovation 11

Innovation Company Agility Workshop 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

This is because many fundamentally mismanage the growth gap, which is the difference between their growth goals and what their base businesses can deliver. If the firm sought to drive serious growth in 2017 and 2018, a lot more resources would be required much earlier. Maximum resources are needed early on.

How To 8

How To Uncertainty Project Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

During my years at OSHA, where I served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor from 2009 through the beginning of 2017, I received several reports of safety system failures at DuPont facilities. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked.

Operations 16

Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 16