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A 100-Year Old Journey of Human Resource Management

HR Digest

Image Credit: www.history.com) At Hawthorne Works, a Western Electric factory in Illinois, Elton Mayo conducted a groundbreaking study. Mayo recognized that workers were complex individuals, greatly influenced by the organizational structure around them. However, in the most unlikely of circumstances, a glimmer of hope emerged.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business Review

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. The project involved more than a dozen experiments including in-home monitoring, patient-driven appointments, and online communities.

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How to Work Confidently with Numbers People

Harvard Business Review

Not only does that pressure defeat the purpose of rigorous analysis, it also creates an environment where the data team feels it exists merely to please the leader. Case Study #1: Cultivate an environment of curiosity and experimentation. One way he does this is by fostering an environment of experimentation.

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Using AI to Invent New Medical Tests

Harvard Business Review

AI and machine learning offered us the ability to leverage a massive amount of clinical data compiled at Mayo Clinic over time, which could then be used to generate an automated computer algorithm for the new testing method. The traditional ECG is typically performed in a medical environment. Start with what known correlations.

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