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Social Capital Is as Important as Financial Capital in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

That’s changing fast, of course, as providers are finding that cooperation is as critical to caregiving as cutting edge tests and therapeutics. Our full article describing social capital, its roles in health care, and strategies for building it in health care organizations is available here (PDF). Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Making The Right Connections At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Their helpfulness is socially rewarded,” the researchers explain. Cooperation catalysts, who are essential within organizations of any kind, receive positive reinforcements for their social influence.”. Perhaps unsurprisingly, their behaviors had an overall negative impact on their social capital.