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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

When redesigning the new and expanded emergency room at the Mayo Clinic’s Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo leaders didn’t just want to add more rooms and square feet. The successful experience illustrates the role that relatively simple technology (e.g., and Patricia E.

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Is the Confidence Gap Between Men and Women a Myth?

Harvard Business Review

” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.” Moreover, studies are finding no consistent gender differences in self-reported self-confidence.

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Morning Advantage: The Healing Power of Painful Budget Cuts

Harvard Business Review

If you’re looking to make your brand more interactive in 2013, the seeds of inspiration may be found in Creativity’s roundup of the best integrated/interactive work of 2012. Computer Scientists Measure How Much of the Web is Archived (MIT Technology Review). — Andy O’Connell. THINK OUTSIDE THE BRAND. BONUS BITS: Measuring Up.