Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

competitiveness strikes a pessimistic tone about certain demographic facts — the education gap between young people and the jobs which are and will be available, the aging of the American population, and the related rise in health care costs. But there is more to human capital than education and training.

Health Care 11

Health Care Human Capital Education Insurance 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

Nearly everyone in health care wants to cut waste and reduce unnecessary costs — until the conversation turns to advanced chronic illness and end-of-life care. Fears about “pulling the plug on granny,” no matter how ill she may be, have slowed progress toward value-based care. Insight Center.

Health Care 9

Health Care Sharpe Document Cost 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. Consider two men with the same education, place of residence, and family background. Meanwhile, Starbucks, CVS Health, Walmart, and JPMorgan Chase joined with more than a dozen other large U.S.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Fourth, some argued that GE’s advantage lay in its system of professional management, epitomized by its investments in executive education and management development.

Welch 8

Welch Software Industry Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

We worked with five cities tackling seemingly intractable challenges such as urban revitalization in Detroit and education and health in Newark. One promising example here, however, is StriveTogether ’s Theory of Action for bringing about large-scale change in education, from cradle to career.

Metrics 9

Metrics Banking Learning-by-Doing Education 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

But government policy in health care, intellectual property, financial regulation, and antitrust — among other areas — all needs to take better account of the needs and challenges of entrepreneurs. Education and skills: The poor quality of K-12 education is one of America's greatest competitive weaknesses.

Outsourcing 11

Outsourcing Education Policies Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Today tens of millions of 50-, 60-, and 70-somethings say they are eager to apply their accumulated skills in areas like education, health, and the environment. The organization's motto: "One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.". But it doesn't have to be this way.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Finance Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Today, enlightened employers know that, if they want great people to perform at the top of their game, they must engage and care for employees' well-being on a variety of fronts that go beyond a paycheck. At Starbucks, this shift is values can be seen in the health-care coverage and stock options we have long offered to part-time employees.

Health Care 15

Health Care Innovation Crisis Brainstorming 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Transforming Health Care. However, providing nutritious meals is not nearly enough; achieving sustainable health and lifestyle improvements requires educating patients about healthy eating habits, goal setting, exercise, mindfulness, and diabetes management. Care teams should anticipate this risk. Insight Center.

Class 8

Class Insurance Cost Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. We have positioned ourselves not just as a productivity-driving force but also as an agent of society by investing in education and health care for our people.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

For example, Boston’s program includes job placements at private-sector employers across a wide range of industries, including finance, health care, life sciences, and education. To what degree did the program’s formal career readiness training enhance outcomes?

Short-term 8

Short-term Participative Long-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Their business school education and their initial experience within narrower company functions ( e.g., marketing, manufacturing, finance) may leave them unprepared. They can be cross-cutting issues which impact the whole corporation (e.g., telecommunications or food safety or healthcare or aerospace or energy/environment).

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

As refugees they have the same rights and obligations — excepting only the right to vote — as the citizens of their host countries and they have much to offer in economic terms: many are highly trained and possess much-needed skills. An IT specialist from Iraq lost the proofs of her previous education.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Everyone knows that dentists, nurses, social workers and respiratory therapists are all health care professionals. Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. 32 percent). 16 percent). 2 percent).

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Here are seven ideas for action in social and educational policy, based on my own research — described in Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family — and what others have learned: 1. Provide World-Class Child Care. Revise the Education Calendar. Support Portable Health Care.

Policies 10

Policies Health Care Education Career 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Many adult health care outcomes are shaped in childhood. Current models of pediatric primary care do little to address these “non-medical” causes and consequently have been largely ineffective in preventing adult disease. Reforming primary care pediatrics therefore has great potential for improving overall U.S.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2018

Still, despite the explosion of interest in the data collected by just about every sector of American business — from financial companies and health care firms to management consultancies and the government — many organizations continue to relegate data-science knowledge to a small number of employees.

Tools 8

Tools Learning-by-Doing Health Care Skills 8

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. It allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs that can be challenging to fill. But in April, just after U.S.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Most of the increase in entitlement expense is coming from the health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid — the result as much of an apparently congenital American inability to rein in health care costs as any increase in dependency. So what is the cause? There may well be better explanations.

Insurance 16

Insurance Policies Bottom-up Health Care 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yes, everyone would agree that we have serious economic policy issues at home about creating jobs, stimulating growth, increasing exports, improving education, investing in R&D, encouraging high-tech manufacturing — and about reconciling the cost of any governmental initiatives with significant debt reduction.

Offshoring 13

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 13