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Saving Money As A Startup – Ways To Increase Your Margins

Strategy Driven

The Covid-19 crisis has caused widespread disruption, but it has also created opportunities. Technology has become increasingly critical for businesses in recent years, and it offers company bosses the chance to streamline and speed up operations, reduce the risk of errors and introduce cost-effective ways of working.

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How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

The size and layout of a room, whether a bed sits in the middle or against a wall (even which wall), how much space is maintained for patients to walk versus how many beds or operating equipment can be accommodated, have not been considered predictors of health outcomes in the past. Previous studies looked only at room scale, not unit scale.)

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How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health

Harvard Business Review

From clean water supplies to the polio vaccine, the most effective public health interventions are typically preventative policies that help stop a crisis before it starts. Predictive analytics has the potential to transform both how government operates and how resources are allocated, thereby improving the public’s health.

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A More Effective Board of Directors

Harvard Business Review

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis and numerous corporate scandals, a director now confronts not only complex oversight accountability, but also personal risk and liability. At its most basic level, this manifests itself in a board's composition and diversity level. Clearly, this is a job not for the faint of heart.

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How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health

Harvard Business Review

From clean water supplies to the polio vaccine, the most effective public health interventions are typically preventative policies that help stop a crisis before it starts. Predictive analytics has the potential to transform both how government operates and how resources are allocated, thereby improving the public’s health.

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The Dreaded Performance Review | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

In other words we operate on the principle that equity means treating everyone in the same way. However, very few people enjoy or respond well to “constructive feedback”. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue?

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We May Never Know Leaders' Responsibility in Gulf Disaster

Harvard Business Review

It does not address issues of leadership, management and accountability above the level of immediate events on the rig, and above lower level operational managers.

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