The Practical Leader
MARCH 13, 2024
As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. These core systems either boost or block performance.
The Practical Leader
MARCH 25, 2020
When Nobel Laureate, Michael Levitt, first analyzed Chinese infection rates, he tracked an increase of 30% per day in Hubei province. This will “flatten the curve ” and reduce the chances of overburdening our healthcare systems. At that rate, the entire world would be infected in 90 days.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 13, 2014
In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” To avoid that, Levitt exhorted leaders to ask themselves the seemingly obvious question – “What business are you really in?”
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
On January 19, 2012, after 131 years of operation, the Eastman Kodak Company filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Levitt argued that it's always better to define a business by what consumers want than by what a company can produce. What Business Are We In? The Emergence of Health as the Business of Health Care. bankruptcy court.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 14, 2017
The bulk of HCIT investment supports startups that sell data — clinical or operational information that is otherwise difficult for clients to obtain or to organize. Another solution provider, Proteus Digital Health, is engaging with health systems to provide insights into actual medication use and resulting health patterns.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 5, 2016
Grove’s 1980 question remains as ruthlessly relevant to C-suites as Ted Levitt’s 1960 classic, “What business are you in?” Are our user experience designs and delivery systems appropriately aligned with use cases? The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
As Ted Levitt pointed out 55 years ago, companies develop significant myopia over time, only seeing things that are squarely in the mainstream of their market. In contrast, in many markets room-sharing-platform Airbnb has grown without significant response from hotel operators. But it has to fight fiercely for every inch.
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