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A Medical Innovation Factory in the Middle of the Desert

N2Growth Blog

A surgeon, making life or death decisions during a heart transplant, for example, can see things go terribly wrong in the matter of a millisecond. Organizational ‘stars’ and influence makers shared stories of early failures, what they learned, and how they adjusted, particularly examples from the days before the opening of the hospital.

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Don't Neglect Your Power to Bring People Together

Harvard Business Review

To explain, let me share a quick example, in two acts: In Act One, the manager of a corporate engineering group was tasked with reducing the cost of common materials used by a number of different product teams. And the truth is that many managers are not skilled at group facilitation.