Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

In health care, the Hippocratic Oath — “first, do no harm” — can hold as much sway in the board room as it does in the exam room. Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. health care has become akin to a smothered child—stifled and arrested.

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Physicians, nurses, and others who work on the front lines of patient care are an important potential source for innovations that could improve patients’ health and reduce the cost of care. Boston Children’s Hospital designed an innovation accelerator to overcome these hurdles. Insight Center.

Health Care 9

Health Care Company Innovation Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

In numerous studies , diversity — both inherent (e.g., For example, a 2009 analysis of 506 companies found that firms with more racial or gender diversity had more sales revenue, more customers, and greater profits. With so much at stake, why aren’t these companies making more headway?

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Bottom-up Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

For the last five years, Bayer has been quietly transitioning from being an international company to a truly global one. “You are not a global company because you do business in 120 countries. You are a global company if you understand countries and customers so well that you are able to do business optimally everywhere.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Globalization Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Much has been written about the troubling lack of women in leadership roles generally and in health care in particular. Our approaches, we think, can be helpful to other companies working to address this imbalance. The Future of Health Care. At Lilly, we have tackled this problem head-on. Insight Center.

Positioning 10

Positioning Leadership Health Care Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

It's a shame Obama — and the Western press — didn't pay attention to the far bigger story happening in many of the countries on his visit: real, game-changing innovations from emerging markets that could point the way for currently stagnant Western firms. Tags: Global business India Innovation.

Innovation 15

Innovation Marketing Incentives Education 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Meet the New Face of Diversity: The “Slacker” Millennial Guy. The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care. Research and examples published in HBR this year — including an account of a much more effective government agency’s approach to solving problems — prove how critical they are to innovation. Real Men Go to Sleep.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

presidential election, Interpublic (IPG), my company’s parent corporation, held its first open call for employees to talk about concerns related to respect in the workplace. ” Companies today have the capacity to be a haven from the incivility that individuals confront every day, on the road, online, in the media, and in politics.

Diversity 9

Diversity Politics Survey Incubator 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Merck and Co. Integration is key.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

He trained his mind to hone intuition, take in diverse sources of information and emerging patterns, and, in turn, do the serious work of illuminating alternative futures. In my scenario planning work with companies, I find this element essential. The sooner they can open to new insights and sensemaking, the better.

Scenario Planning 12

Scenario Planning Strategic Planning Kleiner Management 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

When we first decided to move the headquarters of our software company from Atlanta, we didn''t think of Silicon Valley. Talent flocks to companies like Google, Facebook, and Oracle, just as it does to the slew of start-ups looking to become the next big thing. We aren''t the only tech company that''s noticed New York''s potential.

Diversity 9

Diversity Software Engineering Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. Deere & Company developed a small tractor, the 35-horsepower Krish, built and priced specifically for the India market, competing head on with the Indian market leader, Mahindra & Mahindra.

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The more I learn about the results from crowdsourcing and open innovation efforts, the more I believe that the smart strategy is to expose your problems and challenges to as many people as possible and let them show you what they can do. The winning prediction was more than 270% better than the insurance company's baseline.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products Consensus Health Care 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In these and many other interfaces within our health care system, the limitation is neither incompetence nor ill intent, but rather a dearth of negotiation skills and acumen. As anyone involved in the health care system knows, hospitals and health professionals are faced with this question every day.

Strategy 8

Strategy Health Care Compliance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Many companies and executives have been disappointed with these efforts when results weren't sustained and inefficiency crept back in. About ten years ago they spread to financial services and, in the past five years, more deeply into health care and services. But improvement has improved.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

To understand how employers can improve engagement and retention, FSG worked with Hart Research Associates to survey over 1,200 entry-level, hourly workers between the ages of 17 and 24, and interviewed dozens of companies to find out how they have improved retention. How can companies help their managers become more effective?

Survey 8

Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

They've turned to blaming angel investors for encouraging " an entire generation of entrepreneurs [to build] dipshit companies and hoping that they sell to Google for $25 million." The founders starting "dipshit companies" are not the same types of founders who would be starting the next billion dollar companies.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

They've turned to blaming angel investors for encouraging " an entire generation of entrepreneurs [to build] dipshit companies and hoping that they sell to Google for $25 million." The founders starting "dipshit companies" are not the same types of founders who would be starting the next billion dollar companies.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Suddenly, companies and consumers across the world are finding themselves in a moral quandary: How can you make (or purchase) clothing cheaply without compromising supply-chain ethics? One company, however, had decided to leave Bangladesh prior to the collapse: Disney. Geek Diversity. You Want Me to Innovate Where?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Letter Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

They must protect value by helping companies avoid unnecessary risks, and they must build value by ensuring that companies change quickly enough to address emerging competitive threats, evolving customer preferences, and disruptive technologies. The company had clear advance notice that seismic change was coming.

Retail 8

Retail CEO Core Competence Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. As a result, more companies are being valued based on their current earnings than on their growth potential. Our research shows that many companies are increasingly geared toward the short term.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But, in my experience, in the most innovative companies, teaming is the culture. Morath’s simple questions made the staff realize that most of them had been at the center of a health care situation where something did not go well and the hospital could indeed be doing better. The leader’s task is to model these behaviors.

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Team Uncertainty Health Care Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Systems conceived and built 50-60 years ago should be reimagined for the 20 th century, whether high speed trains, innovative public transit, or technology-enabled roads and vehicles that tap the potential of sensors, smartphones, wireless networks, and Big Data for greener, cleaner, more efficient mobility. greenhouse gas emissions.

Transportation 8

Transportation Wireless Entrepreneur Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The perception has been eroding our industry's image and has caused many in our industry to assume that R&D, innovation, and social contribution are unaffordable luxuries in a fiercely cost-based competitive game. This philosophy has started to take its toll.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.” Wellins, Ph.D.,

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This is a tale first pioneered by insurance companies in the 1950s to convince older Americans that they weren't being ejected from the productive workforce, but rather had the freedom from work. The company's ads and billboards warn of longer retirements. They want to create a better world for future generations.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Finance Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. Because "good enough" is not good enough, we were interested to learn what percentage of directors "strongly agreed" their companies were doing an effective job on each of these practices--in other words, a great job. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have had a front row seat as companies have struggled to enter the emerging world of the Internet of Things — first, 10 years ago as a vice president at Ambient Devices , an MIT Media Lab spinoff that was a pioneer in commercializing IoT devices, and then as a consultant. Building an IoT offering requires design thinking from the get-go.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

Companies and institutions exist at different levels of functionality. If the company management feels it is operating below this standard most of these practices can be self taught by studying them on the internet or visiting a bookstore. the company increases profitability and stays in business; and.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

Beyond that, the households were diverse: rural, urban, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, recent immigrants, and families that have been in the U.S. Pay gaps are rising between companies more than within them. The households had at least one worker, and none were among the poorest or richest in their communities. for generations.

Health Care 13

Health Care Insurance Video Transportation 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The mobile phone is a strong contender as a key transforming agent in the future of health and healthcare. There are now more than 5.3

Wireless 15

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Or is it at risk of simply becoming a new form of " greenwashing " as companies talk the talk, but don't walk the walk? Real, genuine, messy collaboration involves reaching out to unconventional organizations that your company may never have worked with before. But, does collaboration deliver on its promise?

Technology 15

Technology Health Care System Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Or is it at risk of simply becoming a new form of " greenwashing " as companies talk the talk, but don't walk the walk? Real, genuine, messy collaboration involves reaching out to unconventional organizations that your company may never have worked with before. But, does collaboration deliver on its promise?

Technology 8

Technology Health Care System Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. Leading Change in Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8