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Consultant Ninja: Dipping my toe in the health care debate.

Consultant Ninja

Structural Driver: The organizations in the health care system operate inefficient operational structures. I fail to see the logic that the government will be more efficient at building operational structures than the private sector. Question: In the Obama plan, which one of these three cost drivers is getting reversed?

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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. This can result in favoring projects promising a quick ROI over riskier projects offering bigger impact in the long-term. Challenges.

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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business

But those same managers have come to recognize that the ROI for enabling this development is enormous. When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. Perhaps they’ve spotted an edge skill that could transform how your unit operates. Hire to train.

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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

Imagine being able to quickly and accurately calculate how much money a business is sacrificing through imperfect operation, and which areas of the business are draining the most profit. This is Profit that is being missed out on from areas of the business that aren’t operating as they should. What is Profit Leakage?

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

PepsiCo is a $65B food and beverage giant, with a dozen global brands, operating in 190 countries. Businesses that could afford more staff support were all too willing to load them in, while those that operated on tighter margins were often under-served, leading to a very inconsistent approach to talent development and other key enablers.

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