First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really is.

Kaplan 85

Kaplan Greenleaf Collins Books 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 29, 2013

What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press (2013) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes.”

Kaplan 75

Kaplan Review Christensen Wilde 75

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

It became one of the Magazine’s most popular articles of 2013. Step in, then step back – Provide tools that give guidance and structure, but let employees decide how best to use and apply them. Which is why I also recently posted a new tool I created for culture design called The Culture of Innovation Canvas.

Innovation 141

Innovation Kaplan Mission Statement Critical Success Factor 141

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

But, as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School have argued , we need to examine costs at a more granular level at which clinical outcomes are matched with the business and administrative processes. These trends likely result in market-share gains for providers that deliver high quality at lower costs. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. ” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies. That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.

Management 9

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9