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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. You May Also Enjoy.

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

HR Digest

As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard. From there, we used a grassroots cascade to bring the elements into our teams, empowering all 3Mers to define how they would bring the culture to life.

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

Harvard Business Review

This simple idea — that one should match the skill level of the individual to the skill requirements of a task — has influenced how many businesses operate. The task shifting logic also applies to health care. health care. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work.

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Current Neuroscience Understanding Related to Psychology and the Theory of Knowledge

Deming Institute

This is really a great talk that does a great job of illustrating the importance of understanding how our brains work (psychology) and how we think (and risks in what we think we know – theory of knowledge) and how it relates to managing our organizations. He discusses habits and that “95% of the time we operate on auto-pilot.”

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” make your own operations more efficient. create the opportunity to invent new operations.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Merck and Co.

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Ineffective Sales Leaders Can Cause Lasting Damage

Harvard Business Review

Success in a sales force requires having strong talent up and down the organization. Although good at scaling and operating a sales organization, the leader was unable to succeed in a rapidly changing environment that needed experimentation and nimbleness. Inappropriate values damage the very core of the organization.