article thumbnail

How NASA Uses Telemedicine to Care for Astronauts in Space

Harvard Business Review

There is careful consideration of the “mission profile,” a broad set of factors that influence health and medical needs and risks, such as flight duration, launch and landing modes, medical evacuation capability, and time to definitive medical care. The physician requested an ultrasound examination of the affected joint.

article thumbnail

Profit Is Less About Good Management than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Benjamin Graham , the father of value investing, seldom met the managers of the companies he invested in because he felt they would tell him only what they wished him to hear and because he didn’t want to be influenced by impressions of personality.

article thumbnail

What the Companies That Predict the Future Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

The information most likely to influence the future comes from looking out the window, not in the mirror. The ultimate goal is to treat information as a tangible flow rather than an intangible asset stuck on the balance sheet. Information & technology Leadership' The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.”