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For a Powerful Presentation, Begin with a Bang, Finish with a Flourish

Strategy Driven

Begin with a Bang Begin the presentation by seizing everyone’s attention with what we at Communispond call ‘the grabber’ Wake them up. Shake them up. began his presentation by asking, “Do you know what keeps me up at night?” Involve them. Among the most compelling of grabbers is a dramatic story.

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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan and Michael E. To obtain an understanding of the costs, the center is applying a combination of two management tools: process mapping from industrial engineering and activity-based costing from accounting. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Throw Your Life a Curve

Harvard Business Review

Our view of the world is powered by personal algorithms: observing how all of the component pieces (and people) that make up our personal social system interact, and looking for patterns to predict what will happen next. When I do my best work, money and stature have always followed." Images copyright 2012 Juan C.

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Here's What the Internet Is Up To

Harvard Business Review

But as an engineer with young kids points out, when he''s able to hang out with his friends whose wives stay at home, "I think they probably have progressed more in their careers than I have in some ways. First rule: Follow any company you''re interested in working for. Sure, taking care of your kids is "providing."

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

The HBS team has been using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), an approach initially proposed by one of us (Bob Kaplan) and Michael Porter, to help providers pursue the value-based delivery of care. One of the team’s central findings is that TDABC cannot be delegated to the finance function. Select a project team.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

David Garvin, who died earlier this month, was by all accounts one of the great Harvard Business School teachers, lighting up the classroom and the minds of his students over the past 38 years. Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation.