LDRLB

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s usually an individual endeavor focused on fitness, friendships, or finances. Scott Cook, Founder of Intuit, credits this unusual mantra as one of the pillars of his company’s long-term success. And so these strategies should be applied over time, through a journey that typically involves experimentation, setbacks and successes.

Strategy 160

Strategy Leadership Innovation Uncertainty 160

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

There’s an interesting fact about companies with these kinds of moats or competitive advantages that often gets overlooked: the turnover rate of CEOs among the S&P as a whole is between ten and twenty times higher than in the big entrepreneurial successes of the past few decades.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Kaplan Competitive Advantage Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The HBS team has been using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), an approach initially proposed by one of us (Bob Kaplan) and Michael Porter, to help providers pursue the value-based delivery of care. One of the team’s central findings is that TDABC cannot be delegated to the finance function.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“The proper goal for any health care delivery system is to improve the value delivered to patients … To properly manage value, both outcomes and cost must be measured at the patient level,” Harvard’s Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter tell us. SCF’s focus on relationships is mirrored in its approach to finance.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Kaplan Porter 8