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How Employee Feedback May Have Prevented Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

Great Leadership By Dan

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. And 37 people would still be alive.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. First, small businesses tend to be more productive than larger ones and may be especially unlikely to invest in risk management that diverts resources from production. Data from the U.S.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

Carmakers have started using 3D technology to produce parts. The technology is expected to lead to reductions in the cost of employment, capital investment, shipping and inventory as well. For example, printing products on demand would significantly reduce the U.S. Most hearing aids in the U.S.

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How an American Express Executive Drives Growth

Harvard Business Review

Schulman: The global head of human resources at American Express was on the board at Virgin Mobile, where I was CEO. Specifically, he saw that the advent of digital technologies was going to fundamentally alter the way people conduct commerce, pay for things, and manage and move their money. You can pay bills.

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The Big Picture of Business – Biggest Excuses They Use… and You Should Avoid: Rationales and Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Strategy Driven

Have to make cuts everywhere else to pay for rising production costs. We make a good product… that should be enough. We’ve got the latest technology. Our human resources department takes care of that. Our company has got the most up to date technology. We just bought a piece of computer software.