Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Smith was ready to be discharged home after his laryngectomy, an extensive operation that removes a patient’s throat due to cancer. While diverse perspectives and approaches to care are important, if they are not managed appropriately, they can cause misunderstandings, bias decision making, and get in the way of the best care.

Health Care 10

Health Care Diversity Armstrong Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

Each locates interdisciplinary innovation labs within or near hospital environments; involves diverse stakeholders beyond clinicians (designers, engineers, business professionals, and patients) early in the innovation process ; and engages end users in customizing solutions for their own needs. Health Care’s New Frontier.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2011

area, a move it describes as “driven largely by health care reform, which demands an integrated regional network.&# Many established actors in the health care industry – including insurers, brokers and providers – are searching for ways to increase their market clout. Johns Hopkins is not alone. .&#

Crisis 63

Crisis Health Care Insurance Newsletter 63

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Continuous improvement and quality have become part of the management lexicon. But improvement has improved. Greater information availability.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

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.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The young people we surveyed worked in a wide variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality. They shared five key insights for employers looking to improve retention and engagement, including how to improve manager training, diversity and inclusion, and scheduling.

Survey 8

Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

With its Emerging Businesses (EB) group (where one of us serves as President), Merck started a journey about three years ago with a core investment thesis: there are areas of growing unmet need in health care that intersect with its established competencies.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Investing in training and development, providing career opportunities, paying good wages and benefits, designing jobs to promote teamwork, and engaging employees to find ways to improve operations and customer service all are part of what’s called a high road business and good jobs strategy.

Long-term 8

Long-term Airlines Health Care Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

While on the surface revenues remained strong, its rapport with customers and physicians was rapidly eroding, and its reputation was being bludgeoned by lawsuits and a national backlash against health maintenance organizations and managed care (which Aetna had championed). But instead of adapting to U.S. billion gain.

Health Care 14

Health Care Restructuring Resistance Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

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.,

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

As organizations collect increasingly large and diverse data sets, the demand for skilled data scientists will continue to rise. At Stanford, I conducted 35 interviews of data analysts from 25 organizations across a variety of sectors, including health care, retail, marketing, and ?nance. IT management Technology'

Analysis 11

Analysis Agility Diversity Tools 11

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. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

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. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2018

These are important findings that give some insight into how race and gender operate together to yield specific outcomes for black women. But they only reveal part of the picture for black workers. Black men, of course, are also present in professional work.

Bond 10

Bond Engineering Mentor Health Care 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Transforming Health Care. For instance, Twitter has been used to host “TweetChat” forums on the surgical treatment and management of particular diseases (such as a recent #obsm discussion on adolescent bariatric surgery). Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic. How leading providers are delivering value for patients.

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. Increasing income by giving handouts can only be counted as transfers and is unsustainable.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

As health care reform evolves, large public institutions that offer a health safety net have some advantages over privately owned enterprises. Those are all assets in an era of health care reform. I head one of these institutions: Dallas-based Parkland Health and Hospital Systems. A mission-driven payer mix.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Over my 15 years of teaching a course on IT in health care, I've seen that for CIOs who are MDs, the skill of delivering difficult messages becomes part of their tool set for communicating effectively with senior management. CEOs don't want to hear that. Enlist a business ally.

System 15

System CEO CIO Chief Information Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

It is the more versatile, general-purpose charities — including such well-known, diverse institutions as The United Way Worldwide and the Salvation Army — that are faring the worst. But the financial meltdown has not affected all charities and not-for-profits equally. Why the disparity?

Crisis 12

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

Three Levels of Management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0]. Fundamentals of being a manager : They ask “what needs to be done?”.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Some leading proponents of health care reform have argued that the goal of any health care system should be to deliver the most value to patients : the outcomes achieved for treating a medical condition relative to the costs incurred over a complete care cycle.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Activity Based Costing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Take emerging blockchain technology applications , which could have vast potential in financial services (currency, payment solutions, digital assets), insurance (contract and identity management), entertainment (performance rights management), and many other sectors. Essential background. “How GE Is Disrupting Itself” 4.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Although many European countries currently suffer from high unemployment, some key sectors (including, for example, health care ) suffer from a chronic lack of qualified job-seekers. Take the case of Kibreab Kidane, who came to Britain with 20 years’ senior experience in Eritrea as an Accountancy Manager and Auditor.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? My analysis: Productivity software does no good unless one commits to change, alters behavioral traits and commits to time management.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes. There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Many adult health care outcomes are shaped in childhood.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We were on ambulance diversion for at least eight of every 24 hours, often longer. Other local EDs actually had betting pools on how long it would take us to go back on diversion after we came off. Leading Change in Health Care. If we fell short, the operations subcommittee had to correct the shortfall rapidly.

Health Care 8

Health Care Diversity Proposal Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Here are some of the challenges that I’ve observed: Product management. 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.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

As diverse forces such as social media, climate change, urban migration, and sprawl continue to upend the status quo, employing every tool and service available to help societies respond to disruption is critical. Estonia has only 1.3 These days, the country has opened its digital service to everyone in the world via e-Residency.

Content 8

Content Transportation Osborne Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Companies will maintain only a minimal full-time staff of executives, key managers, and professionals and bring in the rest of the required talent as needed in a targeted, flexible, and deliberate way. Higher out-of-pocket expenses that result when a family loses employer-provided, health care coverage.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Bureaucracy Cost Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

Without those, the institutions managing the billions of sector dollars won’t be able accurately to assess the risks they are taking and, more important, the returns, both financial and social, they hope to generate. Impact Investing in the Future: Developed clusters across the spectrum.

Development 8

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

” Start by ensuring the group’s leadership is demonstrably diverse; prospective members will want to “see themselves” in the network’s composition. In these organizations, the working parents’ groups feel like natural and essential outgrowths of core operations. This if for you.”

Organization 10

Organization How To Seminar Follow-up 10

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

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A CEO could be forgiven for thinking it’s safest to only weigh in on political issues that affect operational and strategic goals, industry dynamics, or a company’s regulatory and policy landscape. But a company’s exposure to a political issue is also determined by its values.

CEO 10

CEO Politics Policies Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. “The workers coming in on H-1Bs are a diverse crowd,” Hanson says. But in April, just after U.S. exceed [Americans’] in comparable jobs.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9