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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

As senior leadership peeled back the organizational onion, a clear case for change emerged in 2013. Senior leadership has begun a journey to reset decision authority – notably in the opposite direction from Philips. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI) was established in 2008, becoming the first healthcare innovation center to employ a team of in-house designers. Leadership and teams find it hard to come together to scope and resource projects appropriately as well as put projects on the shelf (or kill them) when needed.

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To Reduce Complexity in Your Company, Start with Pen and Paper

Harvard Business

In one, a star researcher said that he was leaving as there was no space for creativity anymore, as the company squeezed budgets and eliminated roles without a clear ROI. If one member of the leadership team owned a key driver, the goal was to let them manage it rather than everybody being in micro-management mode.

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