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Quotes to Note from Superabundance

The Practical Leader

Last week’s review of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet generated a good LinkedIn discussion in The Letter Leader. Infinite Innovation: Unlimited Possibilities The world is a closed system in the way that a piano is a closed system.

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Health Care Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Driven by Profit

Harvard Business Review

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. Insight Center.

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Bringing the Power of Platforms to Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Innovating for Value in Health Care. From athenahealth’s network data, we know that the average doctor spends just 60% of her time each year seeing patients and documenting their care. They’ve even partnered with H&R Block to streamline tax filing. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Turning Value-Based Health Care into a Real Business Model

Harvard Business Review

The shift from volume-based to value-based health care is inevitable. Although that trend is happening slowly in some communities, payers are increasingly basing reimbursements on the quality of care provided, not just the number and type of procedures. Tell us what health-care content you’d like to see more of from HBR.

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Helping Patients Make Peace with Death

Harvard Business Review

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. All patients would designate health care proxies. What would a system to achieve these goals look like in practice?

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The 30 Things Customers Really Value

Harvard Business Review

Executive teams often struggle to land innovations that will significantly grow the business. A chronic problem is their emphasis on searching for breakthrough innovation — the creation of a truly new, highly valued product or service that could redefine their industry and lead to unprecedented revenue growth. Insight Center.

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B-Schools Aren’t Bothering to Produce HR Experts

Harvard Business Review

Lean production , which includes a vastly expanded role for front-line workers in addressing problems, was brought to the United States by Toyota in its auto plants but has now spread to health care, professional services, and virtually every other industry. It’s as if businesses have forgotten that they work.