Harvard Business Review
MARCH 21, 2018
These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked. At Cummins, Inc.,
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
It appears that Enron''s final fatal mistake was to try to support its stock price instead of living up to key contractual obligations required to maintain its credit rating. What caused Enron''s bankruptcy was, quite simply, the loss of its investment-grade credit rating. What caused Enron to go bankrupt?
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 10, 2011
Unfortunately, reputational risk is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to bad data quality. From falsified mortgage applications and bundles of toxic mortgages, to incorrect credit ratings and balance sheets that couldn't be trusted, the financial crisis is as much about bad data as it is about unfettered greed.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 17, 2017
Quality control revolutionized Japanese manufacturing in the 1960s and 1970s, even though the concept could not find a foothold in American manufacturing (although it was originally developed by an American , W. Edwards Deming). All the goods flowing in and out of developing world countries could be tagged.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Many are interpreting this opposition to mean that he will slow the shift from traditional fee-for-service health care, where doctors are paid per visit, test, or procedure, to value-based care, where doctors are rewarded for quality care and better outcomes. Accelerate value-based pilots.
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