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Entrepreneurship and feelings about change

Mike Cardus

From my work and research, the continuum of change-acceptance and change-resistance is constant. Administrator keeps things legal and retains policies, and that budget can keep the business safe. Entrepreneur drives innovation and growth. Entrepreneurship and the continuum of change. 1 person holds many roles).

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Transforming Finance: The Role of a Financial Technology Company in the Digital Age

Strategy Driven

The innovations are endless, from peer-to-peer payments to automated portfolio managers and trading platforms. Finance digital transformation involves leveraging cutting-edge technologies for better operational efficiency and enhanced strategic decision-making. In that case, the company still needs to be more efficient.

Finance 109
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Should You Bribe Your Colleagues to Innovate With You?

Harvard Business Review

At the Chemical Heritage Foundation's recent seminar on advanced materials innovation, a half-dozen R&D leaders collectively commanding billions in spend couldn't have been more excited about the market potential for their new materials. But getting the most innovative materials to the most innovative customers fast remains a challenge.

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U.S. Health Care Is on the Cusp of Bundled Payments

Harvard Business Review

In fact, a 2012 report from the Congressional Budget Office identified bundled payments as the only Medicare payment demonstration project to date that had showed clear savings. That precludes some of the more efficient providers of joint replacements from participating, thus, significantly limiting the impact of the program.

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Getting Buy-In for Predictive Analytics in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

How the most innovative providers are creating value. Therefore, healthy babies are often given antibiotics presumptively — “just in case” — which can lead to complications and increased antibiotic resistance. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Sponsored by Optum. One large U.S.

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What Inexperienced Leaders Get Wrong (Hint: Management)

Harvard Business Review

Leadership is uplifting, they imply, while management is boring — just a bunch of rigid bureaucrats spinning red tape, or emphasizing efficiency over effectiveness. They care about efficiency. But my work with numerous top executives shows that this is a false choice. Great leaders also have managerial inclinations.

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To Lead Change, Explain the Context

Harvard Business Review

Middle managers had to go back and forth between firing people and finding new ones with different skills, and few people believed that the yearly planning and budgeting cycle was anything more than a painful exercise, since it was always changing midway through. This case isn’t the exception.

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