Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2023

Reducing operating costs while maintaining high levels of service can be a challenge, but by implementing strategic fleet management hacks, businesses can achieve significant savings. By streamlining operations and reducing costs, businesses can improve their bottom line and ultimately increase their competitiveness in the market.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 27, 2021

There is reasonable evidence to suggest that many “gig” workers are actually highly skilled individuals able to operate independently (and enjoy this freedom). This trend was such that wherever interest in gig work was at its highest, so too was interest in entrepreneurship.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. Insure individuals have access and are free to go to anyone in the organization for advice and assistance. Zappos does not hire just anyone looking for a job. 10) Measure performance.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Small Business Trends Anita Campbell Editor provides information of interest to entrepreneurs and executives. Inc.com Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Health insurance companies are uniquely positioned to save the day in our ailing health system. Yes, you heard me correctly: health insurers. Health insurers — or “payers” — are reviled nearly universally. All this makes insurers unlikely heroes. Insurers are well-positioned to provide all this.

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Health Care Insurance Industry Retail 9

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

They adapt quickly and predict trends by continuously curating and analyzing data and developing insights that drive new value. IT has long played a critical role in helping organizations deliver better products and services, improve operations, better manage risks, and develop new business models to stay relevant.

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ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 12, 2017

The topic, “Total Rewards for a High Performing Culture” was jointly presented by Susan Rider and Karl Ahlrichs of Gregory & Appel Insurance here in Indianapolis. One of the hottest trends in human resources over the past few years is to rethink the performance management process and abandon the forced ranking systems of old.

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Tips Human Resources Motivation Long-term 59

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud. 6 Digital Trends Are Poised to Transform How We Work. Digital transformation forces wholesale change to the foundations of an enterprise — from its operating model to its infrastructure, what it sells, and to whom and how. No industry is immune.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The first major trend I see is the shift to global, virtual, cross-organizational teams of specialized entities that are knitted together to serve customers. To help manage the increased complexity of knowledge work, $20 billion financial services provider Nationwide Insurance has been pioneering the use of social collaboration tools.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Nevertheless, companies that live and die on operational excellence — such as Amazon.com, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart — must continually improve their key processes. For example, to lead the reengineering of its "customer experience" process, an insurance company selected a vice president who had worked in sales.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2017

How the most innovative providers are creating value. The bulk of HCIT investment supports startups that sell data — clinical or operational information that is otherwise difficult for clients to obtain or to organize. CMS’s move illustrates a broad trend. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

The prospect of urban innovation excites the imagination. The messy truth is that cities are not the same, and even the most innovative approach can never achieve universal impact. The opportunities to innovate will differ greatly by segment. Yelp, Zillow, and Trip Advisor are examples of innovations in this context.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

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. How, then, are innovative providers redesigning care so that, despite financial pain in the short term, they achieve long-range success? nationally.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Other mobile service operators are also vying to release innovations to help customers pay for things without cash, receive money from abroad, and obtain micro loans and insurance products. ” This has been driving ever closer relationships between banks and mobile operators.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2017

We’re often seeing so-called blockchains that are not really innovative, but instead are merely databases, which have existed for decades, calling themselves blockchains to jump on the buzzword bandwagon. We may be seeing a similar trend for blockchain technology.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

A few of the bullet points: • Banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have $1.5 Savings and insurance institutions were usually organized as mutuals. It drives hard work, innovation, and the success of the capitalist system. The largest U.S. Investment banks used to all be partnerships.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In this article, we identify the barriers slowing the transition of episodic, in-person primary care to innovative models that separate care from location and that empower patients to take on more of their own care. This approach has had the secondary consequence of limiting innovation in delivery methods.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The trend sees big companies such as CVS Health, State Street, and American Express evolving small hiring programs for opportunity youth, driven by corporate social responsibility, into core business strategy (see our study “Hidden Talent: How Smart Companies Are Tapping into Unemployed Youth” ).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

And while some foundations bucked the trend and made double-digit investment gains in recent years, the average foundation in Chronicle's analysis netted out 14.9 When presented with a surprising idea, smart organizations will bravely listen, because what comes next might just be game-changing innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

According to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, workers’ earnings rose by 47% from 1999 to 2012, but their contribution to health insurance premiums during that time went up by 180%. Health insurance premiums rose four and half times faster than the rate of inflation over the same period. This trend is unsustainable.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Business growth can also depend on factors such as the availability of talent or scarce raw materials that influence, say, a company’s innovation capabilities or its ability to manufacture cost-effectively. Finally, operating conditions differ significantly within the country groups.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

The trend is a disturbing one not only for its societal implications but because microfinance organizations more than ever must be equipped to make good decisions — and decisions are always enhanced by the sharing of diverse perspectives. One result was the innovative supplemental health insurance product MFW launched in April 2010.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Digital has removed barriers across sectors, even in old-line businesses known for “sticky” products, such as telecom and insurance. Talk about how complex marketing has become is very much in vogue, but there’s much less discussion about the operational (and diplomatic) muscle CMOs need in order to get things done.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

McDonald''s is catching flak for a " sample monthly budget " for employees that sets aside $20 a month for health insurance and no money at all for heat. Since 1980, though, overall pay and productivity trends have sharply diverged in the U.S. Hey, it''s July.) after the D.C. council voted to impose a "super minimum wage" of $12.50

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things. The Future of Operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

On January 19, 2012, after 131 years of operation, the Eastman Kodak Company filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. This trend reveals an interest in what ultimately happens to individuals and populations. What Business Are We In? The Emergence of Health as the Business of Health Care. bankruptcy court.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

It could drive early attempts and innovations to collect outcomes data for a new medicine (for instance, niacin drugs were big sellers until they were found, years later, to have little impact preventing heart attacks or strokes). But commercial employees also could work to help improve outcomes through community outreach.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In a pattern that would become familiar to today’s innovation thinkers, Worthy reports, “the then managements of Sears and Wards alike failed to grasp the significance of these new developments.”. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities. This approach was credible as long as economic inequality was kept within reasonable bounds. Essential background.

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ExactHire - Leadership

AUGUST 19, 2021

Companies need employees now, and if companies do not meet their staffing needs to operate, doors will close—maybe permanently. Good insurance and vacation time won’t cut it anymore; people are seeking flexibility and remote options because many need to be caregivers or provide support to children who are e-learning.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In today's world, start-ups aren't the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2018

Consider today’s trends in M&A. Companies are seeking to be quicker on their feet and more innovative. Discovery, the South African insurer, has formed strategic alliances with leading insurers around the world to license its Vitality platform—a quick, low-cost way to gain access to new markets.

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Incubator Insurance Cost of Capital Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

At the European Center for Strategic Innovation (ECSI), we examined numerous corporate AI initiatives among large organizations, and identified five key roles that can help AI units to develop the right mission and scope of work to succeed. Observing others translates into funding ventures or start-ups innovating at the frontier of AI.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

Primary care delivery faces additional challenges for scaling because it operates on thin margins, often is not highly valued by patients, and has difficulty attracting trained providers. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Sponsored by Optum. Financial tools.

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