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How a U.S. Health Care System Uses 15-Minute Huddles to Keep 23 Hospitals Aligned

Harvard Business

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” Accountability is vital to the efficiency of the process.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? As companies move to more agile operating models , they must learn to balance accountability with autonomy. It includes accountabilities. Who has P&L authority?

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Building the New “Mega Segments”: Which Content Providers Will Play to Win? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

However, many are not equipped to confront the legion of new, more agile competitors—and run the danger of becoming the losers in that war. Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence. Are your metrics set up to gauge whether the content you generate delivers the outcome the customer expects?

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How Children’s Health System of Texas Is Improving Care with Design Thinking

Harvard Business

In an agile and experimental process, the team participated in reimagining this new role, critiqued it and iterated on it, helping them feel that they were leading change rather than being subject to it. In a world still dominated by fee for service, it is often a challenge to sustainably fund new business models. Step 7: Measure progress.

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