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How to Win in Africa

Leading Blog

And technology? High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven. Develop programs to grow talent from within and make gender diversity a priority. They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”.

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Using Technology to Improve Rural Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Providing health care in rural regions presents unique challenges. And vast distance can hinder the dissemination of best practices and coordination of care. This team determined that 3D mammography should be the standard of care, and we have prioritized making that available to all Sanford patients. shaunl/Getty Images.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Make sure your leaders have high-quality development plans.

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Technology Is Helping Shape the Future of Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL AND INTEL®

Harvard Business Review

But health is not just an outcome of development – it is a prerequisite. And never before has such an incredible tool been available for communities to engage people in making healthy lifestyle changes: technology. health care costs, according to the U.S. health care costs, according to the U.S.

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How to Accelerate the Adoption of Digital Health Technology

Harvard Business Review

In 1997, health information technology and digitial health pioneer Warner Slack wrote his bold and prophetic book, Cybermedicine: How Computing Empowers Doctors and Patients for Better Care. A focus on simplifying and solving basic patient needs is what drives adoption in health care, not novelty or degree of innovation.

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Transforming Health Care Takes Continuity and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. Leading Change in Health Care. Insight Center.

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How to Partner with Outside Innovators in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

To accelerate innovation in healthcare technology we need to give creative people who don’t have traditional health science backgrounds more opportunities to participate. Health Care’s New Frontier. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.