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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer people care. They embody our humanity and innovative spirit, and are determined to tackle some of the most pressing health care challenges of our time. People are more committed and loyal to an organization that is ethical. Developing this ownership culture will be key to our success.

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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Disciplines

The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. . Appointed by the NIST Director, examiners are responsible for reviewing and evaluating applications submitted for the Baldrige Award, as well as other assessment-related tasks.

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3M’s SVP of HR Kristen Ludgate on a Better Way to Attract Top Talent

HR Digest

To what extent is that down to a successful ‘Culture of Innovation?’ ’ Kristen Ludgate: 3M’s culture of innovation definitely comes through in the experience and approach of 3Mers during their day-to-day work. The HR Digest: 3M is said to have a passionate work culture fit for the industry’s most driven workers.

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Connecting with Patients

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve previously written that connection is critical to health care and cited the examples of Dr. Herb Pardes at New York-Presbyterian and my own observations during my wife Katie’s battles with breast and advanced ovarian cancer. Katie is cancer free today. why is everyone smiling?

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Task Shifting Could Help Lower Costs in U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

The task shifting logic also applies to health care. health care. Through a process we’ve termed “reverse innovation” these practices can be brought to other countries, including the United States, where health care costs are out of control. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book.

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What Health Care Leaders Need to Do to Improve Value for Patients

Harvard Business Review

More and more health care organizations are beginning to track their performance on outcomes – and they’re finding that getting started isn’t easy. So how are today’s health care leaders implementing outcomes measurement in their hospitals and clinics? Leading Change in Health Care.

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How Ethical Are You?

Harvard Business Review

"Is the Ethics of Business Changing?" In it, they compared the results of a situational ethics test that 1,200 HBR readers had taken the previous year with a similar test readers had taken back in 1961. Pay the fee, feeling it was ethical, given the moral climate of the nation. Don't expect ethical codes to solve your problems.

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