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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation. How Boards Can Foster Innovation.

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g.,

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. But, because of EB’s diverse set of employees, it’s able to stimulate ideas from other industries and counter “paradigm bigots.”

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

So instead of creating another pill dispenser, it launched a compliance-enhancing system. In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers.