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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. “Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” Northern Command.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

For those who read less, one strong motivator is to apply more of the ideas into innovative action plans for that day. One mistake people tend to make is holding the belief that all the innovators and futurists can be only be found in works being published today. Anthony Rose Thanks for the info, I didn't know that before.

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High Frequency Trading and Finance’s Race to Irrelevance

Harvard Business Review

John Maynard Keynes very famously proposed that the actions of rational agents in a market were akin to a fictional newspaper contest , where entrants were asked to pick who, out of a set of six women, was most beautiful. Well, it’s becoming increasingly hard to resist that pressure. Economy Finance'

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Giving Seriously Ill Patients More Choices About Their Care

Harvard Business Review

How the most innovative providers are creating value. Consequently, many people, their families, and their physicians resist hospice until all therapeutic options are exhausted. A multipronged approach to financing that involves both care-management fees and shared savings would support replication, scaling, and sustainability.

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Getting Ahead by Leading Across

Harvard Business Review

Her peers complained bitterly about her "my way or the highway" approach and often felt blindsided when they heard her present a proposed plan of action to senior management without having solicited their input. This leadership imperative goes far beyond being collaborative and "playing nicely" with peers.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

But the emerging challenge of reducing risk exposure for coastal residents creates new opportunities for firms that can innovate and provide new solutions. Product improvements such as hurricane-resistant doors can nearly eliminate certain disaster risks and have relatively low installation costs. Where Would You Rather Live?

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How to Get Health Care Employees Onboard with Change

Harvard Business Review

Clinical and administrative staff often view their work as a vocation as much as a profession, and they are historically suspicious of senior administrators and resistant to strategic agendas. Innovating for Value in Health Care. He proposed that we try something new. Insight Center. There’s a better way.