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Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All

Harvard Business Review

Berwick presented the report from the independent National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England ( A Promise to Learn — A Commitment to Act: Improving the Safety of Patients in England ) to Prime Minister David Cameron in London. Health Leadership Operations' In August, Dr. Donald M. Intelligent Redesign of Health Care.

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Founding a Company Doesn’t Have to be a Big Career Risk

Harvard Business Review

The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. Alternatively, if you’re committed to founding a company immediately, pick an area of specialization up front and craft your job to emphasize that domain.

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