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A Medical Innovation Factory in the Middle of the Desert

N2Growth Blog

But what happens when the same surgeon is promoted to manage other doctors, or in the case of Dr. Rakesh Suri, asked to become the CEO of the entire hospital? And what happens when said hospital is a major global expansion of the world-famous, highly innovative Cleveland Clinic? The hospital soon became an innovation factory. ‘In

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

The authors also write that students who tried to write a business plan to serve the poor and who visited poor urban areas of India found "the reality here is far more complex than their business plan suggested.". For us, good business and social innovation are one and the same. They declined to be part of the conversation.

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The $300 House: The Urban Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Today, Sunil Suri offers a way to scale Class-A housing in densely populated areas. This development plan can be scaled to build 3 million or 30 million units per year, if needed.

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