Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Many companies are already operating with lean staff, due to high attrition rates and not replacing staff, not to mention downsizing as a result of a difficult economy. In this kind of environment, focusing on worker retention and cross training to make existing workers more efficient makes a lot of sense. Bain & Company.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. recognized as a critical resource for the organization. So, what can leaders and companies do now to emerge stronger? Performance Accelerator 1: Scenario Planning.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In the past, internal communications strategies that focused on efforts such as low-readership employee magazines or in-house intranet content often earned a reputation for draining resources without having much impact. Businesses Are at an Internal Communication Crossroads. Enabling Middle Management Communication Improves Work.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. It ensures alignment of goals, resources, and people. Accountability is vital to the efficiency of the process.

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Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

Although it remained open for operations during Hurricane Harvey in late August 2017, the storm caused significant moisture damage to its infrastructure, necessitating the closure of more than half of its 200 inpatient beds for several months after the storm. surge in volume after Hurricane Harvey struck.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care. Problem 2: Rigid annual operating budgets.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

That deal sent the price of Brent crude oil to above $70 a barrel in January, after the industry that had suffered through $54 per barrel oil on average in 2017. output comes from fracking operations that have cut costs dramatically since slumping prices in 2014 forced dozens of companies into bankruptcy. The soaring U.S.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We have a crisis in health care delivery, and if we can fix that problem we’ll have more than enough resources to cover all the uninsured and underinsured. a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. The real problem is that U.S. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

For instance, Doug shared some new concepts for transforming an insurmountable checklist of requirements into manageable benchmarks and priorities, which he had developed after conducting a comprehensive review of his company’s operations. He also shared supply discipline systems that reduced common inefficiencies.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

To fully enable a new vision of the future, organizations must make changes in five key business areas: Planning and Budgeting If organizations have easy access to—and indeed rely on—external talent, they can tackle new opportunities, experiment more nimbly, and operate in new areas.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In a recent article, The Guardian newspaper called for the National Health Service to turn to universities as a key resource, arguing that the research ecosystem in the UK is fragmented and more partnerships that align expertise with the goal of improving public health are needed. The recommendation was echoed in a recent U.S.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

By replacing rules-of-thumb and gut feeling with precise science rooted in biology, we believe social media scheduling can not only be more cost-efficient, but also be a strong part of content platforms’ profitability. ” In 2017 alone, users worldwide consumed about 5.53 Putting an Ad Hoc Strategy to the Test.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2017

Businesses have a variety of social responsibilities, but the essential one—and the main reason that private enterprise is given license to operate—is to innovate. Great managers know how to tap that superabundant resource, and they recognize that pooling creative energy usually accelerates progress.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

At the beginning of 2017 Experian predicted that the health care sector would be the most heavily targeted vertical industry. A March 2017 report from the Identity Theft Resource Center indicated that more than 25% of all data breaches were related to health care. The estimated loss to the industry is $5.6 billion per year.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Companies are beginning to utilize their employees’ behavioral data — generally known as people analytics — to better understand and improve their sales operations , with strong results. Microsoft, where we work, is no exception, and B2B sales is one of the areas where we are seeing the most value.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. Expenditures on control functions related to implementing new regulations such as compliance, risk, finance, operations, and technology have been cut — but only by 10%.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

On December 7, Portland, Oregon, passed a law that will impose a surcharge on the local business taxes paid by corporations that operate in the city when the CEO’s compensation is 100 times or more the median earnings of the company’s employees. public corporations must file with the U.S.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Senior leaders also would provide resources, guidance, and act as decision makers. Several organizations for whom we had worked or had researched used a technique we call “innovation communities” to structure strategic conversations so that they’re both efficient and effective. How to get them engaged?

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eli’s innovative approaches and insights continue inspiring professionals and organizations worldwide to achieve operational excellence. He earned his PhD in resource management, underlining his expertise. Preparing Dinner (Resource & Quantity Buffer). Keeping a Spare Tire (Risk & Resource Buffer).

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 7, 2022

The financial and operational rewards for innovation are significant. Creativity and risk-taking are essential to overcoming challenges, but businesses often reward efficiency and avoid risk. improved operational productivity. Conclusion Organizations naturally reward efficiency thinking and avoiding risk. Space News.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Resources page. –Cal Friesen, Thought Leadership Resources. Further Reading: Why you need to get your firm’s ideas into trade publications (Thought Leadership Resources). McKinsey’s most popular article in 2017 was a list post. Examples: What CEOs are reading in 2017 . Hosting your own web conference.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

A 2017 survey by Kronos and Future Workplace , reveals that the restructuring of work has resulted in significant burnout. Nearly half, or 46% of the human resource leaders surveyed, reported that employee burnout accounts for 20-50% of their companies’ annual employee turnover.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Based on their stock prices on July 6, 2017 , Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook were the five most valuable companies in the world. They have deep resources for innovation with the ability to accelerate the penetration and adoption of digital products. Digital players wield outsize market power.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

A 2017 survey of roughly 900 locum tenens performed by Staffcare, a U.S.-based However, our analysis did find that patients treated by locum tenens physicians have slightly higher costs of care and longer lengths of stay, which raises the possibility that they deliver modestly less efficient care.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The context for sustainable business in 2017 may center on the competition between these two stories; that is, how will Trump and his team impact or impede progress on climate and other sustainability issues? What’s in Store for 2017? In the U.S., All of this will affect companies of all stripes. days of innovation).

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The UK is often identified as a global hub (a position that is going to be tested during the Brexit process), with strong global economic and political connections; New Zealand is geographically distant from much of the economic and political centers of the world, and is used to operating at the periphery of the global economy.

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