Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Nearly 65 million surgical operations were performed last year in the U.S., resulting in an estimated 200,000 deaths from complications or other post-operative issues. Older procedures required cutting large openings to operate on a patient (e.g., commercial aviation, nuclear power, and naval aircraft carrier operations).

Innovation 8

Innovation Health Care Operations Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth.

Media 8

Media Hammer Software Company 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2015

GE is now rolling it out throughout the company, and it will replace our legacy Employee Management System (EMS) by the end of 2016. The percent of purchase orders placed with a should-cost analysis increased 10X in one year to more than 60%, driving teamwork between Engineering and Procurement and significant savings.

Development 8

Development Engineering Benchmarking Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

A winner will be selected in April 2016. The four finalists represent a mix of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, provider- and patient-facing innovations, and clinical and operational solutions. Click here to receive updates about this competition and the next Health Acceleration Challenge, which will begin in the spring.).

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Cost Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Long before becoming CEO, in 2016, he was searching for new growth in the hypercompetitive travel reservations market, coming across a pair of small European startups with a business model opposite to Priceline’s in two key ways: Instead of taking an up-front 25% commission on a hotel reservation, the startups charged only 15% after check-out.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it. Encouraging your team to set regular, reasonable hours supports a healthy lifestyle, which in turn supports better teamwork. Consistency between what you say and do is essential. Redistribute work more evenly.

Team 9

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 9

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Teamwork is still defined as the coordinated activities of a cohesive group who contribute diverse skills and resources to accomplish a compelling common goal , but throughout corporate world, the nature of teams has experienced a change. Technology makes the sharing of information much easier today than it was during the Roman Empire.

Tips 145

Tips Team Management Teamwork 145

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Teamwork is still defined as the coordinated activities of a cohesive group who contribute diverse skills and resources to accomplish a compelling common goal , but throughout corporate world, the nature of teams has experienced a change. Technology makes the sharing of information much easier today than it was during the Roman Empire.

Tips 133

Tips Team Management Teamwork 133

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2017

At the start of 2016 Google announced that it had discovered the secret ingredients for the perfect team. In other words, who you are affects how you behave and how you interact with other people, so team members’ personalities operate like the different functions of a single organism. Consider the crew that will one day (soon?)

Skills 8

Skills Team Cooper Emotional Intelligence 8